Bruce Gilley Withheld Important Information Regarding The Act Of Colonialism

In recent discussions of Colonialism, there have been many controversies on whether Bruce Gilley effectively explained what colonialism is in different areas of the world due to purposely distorting evidence on different acts within the practice. Colonialism is known as a practice that fully or partially obtains political power over another country, by occupying with other settlers within the region, and exploiting it economically. In this essay, I will aim to present how Bruce Gilley withheld important information regarding the acts of Colonialism by providing evidence through multiple articles, and explaining why it was a excellent choice to withdraw the article from online sources. To illustrate my point, Gilley’s argument states how postcolonial
He starts of by mentioning that Africans who were being transported to the Americas were alienated by forcibly separating people from their family and friends and how they were confined into barracoons during the voyage. Africans were obtained by raids, kidnapping, and being sold into bondage to pay of debts. During these voyages, african captives were branded with companies coat of arm and stripped to any clothing they had whereas they were brought into ships naked. African men and women were humiliated when they were forced to shave their heads. The continuous humiliation on board due to nakedness affected everyone's psyche by the sense of vulnerability and no control of oneself. Specifically, captives were chained together at the wrist and ankles in groups once they were boarded. Act of racism were established at this time as well when females and males were separated from being in one's presence. This caused african women to be raped continuously by European members on board. Furthermore, tight packing and filthy conditions caused many diseases to circulate such as, bloody flux, measles, scurvy and Ophthalmia. In the same way, food and water contamination caused thousands of captives to die within the voyage. This was not at all stated in Gilleys argument, in which these examples would have contradicted his whole statement on “positive
However, many workers began to rebel against hostility while working for labor economy due to low wages and mistreatment in the factories. The act of child labor was one of the main issues in the factories alone because children were working for hours without any breaks. Once these examples were brought into colonial governments attention they only persuaded the people by recommending hours for children to work under, completely ignoring the fact the mistreatment in use to have the workers complete their tasks. In example of mistreatment, Ellen Hooten was constantly beaten, in fact had an iron weight around her neck and was forced to walk up and down the factory floors in order to make up for her mistakes. Additionally, colonial governments were in favor of individuals with money because those who were poor never had their opinions and concerns properly advocated