History 2010 Question #3: Discuss the extent to which the transatlantic trade in Africans was a continuation of the social and economic structures that already existed in West Africa. The people of West Africa had a rich and varied history and culture long before European slavers arrived. Art‚ learning and technology flourished and Africans were especially skilled in subjects like medicine‚ mathematics and astronomy. As well as domestic goods‚ they made fine luxury items
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African American Immigration Victoria L. Knight Axia College of University of Phoenix CRT 125 Cultural Diversity Ms. Sandra Collins April 12‚ 2007 African American Migration New Societies‚ new people‚ and new communities usually originate as a result of migration. People decide to move from one place to another for better opportunities‚ better lives‚ and new challenges. This remains true for the African American race as well. It has been believed that the original migration took place
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14th Essay: How important were humanitarian concerns and racism in the treatment of slaves? Slavery has always existed: Romans had slaves; Muslims had black slaves since the 7th Century. The Slave Trade from Africa to the West Indies started in the 16th Century. Slaves were needed to work on the plantations because of labor shortage. The treatment of slaves consists in how the Europeans took care of their slaves. Humanitarian concerns are concerns on the happiness and welfare of people and racism
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slave based societies in the Caribbean Slave based societies in the Caribbean developed according to selections from “The Caribbean: The Genesis of a Fragmented Nationalism” slowly as a result of the equal participation of both the masters and the slaves. Usually the color of one’s skin quickly determined which social group and what your occupation would be with of course the darker you are the lower your status and the lighter the higher. Eventually the Africans and whites started to mix and so
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African Americans African Americans (American Blacks or Black Americans)‚ racial group in the United States whose dominant ancestry is from sub-Saharan West Africa. Many African Americans also claim European‚ Native American‚ or Asian ancestors. A variety of names have been used for African Americans at various points in history. African Americans have been referred to as Negroes‚ colored‚ blacks‚ and Afro-Americans‚ as well as lesser-known terms‚ such as the 19th-century designation Anglo-African
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During pre-colonial African kinship and inheritance‚ it provided the bases of organization of many African American communities. African American men were recognized for the purpose of inheritance. They also inherited their clan names based on their accomplishments‚ as well as other things when one decease. Land was not owned in many parts of Africa during the pre-colonial period. It was yet held and distributed by African American men. Access to the land by women depended on their obligations or
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In the Atlantic World‚ African slavery had many effects that would leave a lasting impact on the early Americas. To many Europeans‚ slavery was not a new concept. Prior to African slavery‚ indentures and natives were used‚ but the use of these people was not successful or cost-effective. Natives resisted‚ died in large numbers to European diseases‚ and had knowledge of the region‚ which would allow them to escape much easier. Additionally‚ although indentures did have knowledge of farming and had
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The Sub-Saharan long distance commodity and slave trade as well as the syncretic interweaving of Islamic culture and traditional African culture accounts for Africa’s major influence as a superpower. Traders from all over the world were drawn to Africa’s riches in gold‚ ivory‚ and human beings. The fact that Africa was rich in resources posed influence in itself. Considering that a great number of the visiting traders were Muslims and they begin to intermarry and form relationships – economic
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Through African Eyes Précis The book Through African Eyes by Leon E. Clark‚ allows Africans to speak through many autobiographies‚ poetry‚ newspaper and magazine articles‚ letters‚ diaries‚ and many more sources in four different parts. Clark writes this book in order to let the readers think for themselves and to give Africans the opportunity to speak for themselves. Africans have always been viewed as less important than others and almost not human. While reading this book however‚ the reader
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Reparation for African Americans Ryan Edmonds Baker College of Jackson Nov/8/2011 Reparation for African Americans Anta Majigeen Njaay a thirteen year old African girl was awakened at the crack of dawn on a spring morning in 1806‚ to the sounds of screams and gunfire. As she looked outside to see what all the commotion was about‚ invaders were raiding her village slaughtering and kidnapping her countrymen and women in front of her eyes (Horton & Horton‚ 2005‚ p. 13). By the end of the
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