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    in 1908 Pepsi-Cola business beginnings Pepsi-Cola bottling started out in bradham’s pharmacy basement. The company was incorporated in 1905 and the name trademarked in 1906 a bottling plant was established in 1908 Coke and Pepsi now For many years‚ Coca Cola and Pepsi have enjoyed the position as the two most enjoyed soft drinks in the USA‚ as they have maintained their popularity over the past several decades. One can divide soft drink fans into two major camps: Coke-lovers and Pepsi-lovers

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    The Evolution Of Slavery

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    Could dealing with slavery maybe have stopped the civil war? Would it be easier if so many people were not accustomed to that life? I do believe the united states should have dealt with slavery when it was founded rather than later on because it would be easier to return slaves ‚and out our constitution says all men are created equal and I believe this should have been enforced. In 1793 after the united states became a country‚ the cotton gin brung in many businesses ‚and with these businesses

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    What Is Slavery?

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    George Orwell‚ in his book 1984‚ once wrote that “freedom is slavery.” Paradoxical as it may sound‚ when one delves deeper into Orwell’s thinking‚ logic arises behind the statement. Freedom‚ constantly sought after‚ describes a state of being many people desire. Depending on one’s location‚ mindset‚ and personal experiences‚ freedom is defined in a plethora of ways— for children‚ playing outside‚ for teenagers‚ hanging out with friends‚ and for adults‚ surviving. Despite the many contrasts‚ one concept

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    ERIC WILLIAMS THESIS ON CAPITALISM AND SLAVERY AND ARGUMENTS MADE FOR AND AGAINST THE THESIS. Many historians justify that the evolving of the industrial revolution was based on slavery and mainly the triangular trade. The triangular trade was the route taken by Europeans to transport goods to Africa in exchange for slaves to be taken to the Americans. The triangular trade was seen as the first system of global commerce which linked Britain‚ Africa and the Americans. The most important colonies

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    Defending Slavery

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    Critical Analysis on Defending Slavery‚ Finkelman Paul Defending slavery demonstrate the opinions and knowledge that the Southerners held concerning blacks and slavery. Paul Finkelman talks about slave legitimacy in colonial America. He argues that the first defense of slavery became visible after the end of American Revolution; it attempted to justify continuous forced labor with the Declaration of Independence. This essay aims at critically analyzing ideologies and racial theories that Southerners

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    CHAPTER 4 SLAVERY AND EMPIRE‚ 1441–1770 ------------------------------------------------- Chapter Outline AMERICAN COMMUNITIES African Slaves Build Their Own Community in Coastal Georgia THE BEGINNINGS OF AFRICAN SLAVERY Sugar and Slavery West Africans THE AFRICAN SLAVE TRADE The Demography of the Slave Trade Slavers of All Nations The Shock of Enslavement The Middle Passage Arrival in the New World Political and Economic Effects on Africa THE DEVELOPMENT OF NORTH AMERICAN

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    Women and Slavery

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    Gender and Slavery in America Deborah Gray White’s “Ar’n’t I a Woman?” attempts to illustrate and expose the under-examined world in which bonded‚ antebellum women lived. She distinguishes the way slave women were treated from both their male counterparts and white antebellum women by elucidating their unique race and gender predisposed circumstances‚ “(…) black women suffer a double oppression: that shared by all African-Americans and that shared by most women” (p. 23). In all‚ black women suffered

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    Slavery In The 1800s

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    Instead of reducing as stipulated by the constitution‚ Slavery spread to other western territories and states as new cotton fields were planted‚ and by 1830 it thrived in more than half the continent. Within 10 years after the cotton gin was put into use‚ the value of the total United States crop leaped from $150‚000 to more than $8 million. This success of this plantation crop made it much more difficult for slaves to purchase their freedom or obtain it through the good will of their masters. Cotton

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    roman slavery

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    Roman slavery Slavery was an important part of the ancient world‚ and it was an integral piece of Roman daily life and the economy. Though slavery was practiced all over the Mediterranean‚ and was abundant in the east‚ its impact in other places was not felt nearly as much as it was in Rome and her Empire. As the Romans consolidated their position on the Italian peninsula and began the systematic conquest of the Mediterranean region‚ millions of slaves were incorporated into Rome and the Italian

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    Legacy of Slavery

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    Legacy of Slavery According to the legacy of slavery thesis‚ slavery in the United States portrayed black males as insignificant within their families. The male’s traditional role as provider or “breadwinner” within the family was not recognized. Also‚ the female’s traditional role as homemaker was not often seen in black families. The thesis argues that many African American families were female headed or matriarchal and that this was because fathers and children were sold and separated‚ destroying

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