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    Proposal

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    Yanisha Butts Prof. Nash History 100 12/05/12 The archeological and African origins related to the study of human origins were focused primary on the prehistory of Africa from archaeological perspective. However the Africans had their own problems about the origins of humans but the effect of scientific and universally accepted evidence emphasis will be place on archeological interpretations some people believe that the earliest humans had a relationship with the apes

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    the tribulations of the Africans in the many years of slavery. This movie closes the door on perception of many people think slavery was or is. It depicts a raw nature for how slaves were gruesomely emotionally and physically abused. The movie also informs the viewers of how all the people involved in the slave buy and trade business worked and behaved. The producers in my eyes wanted viewers to see things that most movies have trouble showing. The nature of the movie was very honest. The producers

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    African Women under Slavery

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    Women under slavery during the Slave Trade‚ their exploitation‚ the secrecy‚ the variety of tasks and positions of slave women‚ slave and ex-slave narratives. Also‚ this paper presents the hardships African American women faced and the challenges they overcame to become equal with men in today’s society. Slavery was a destructive experience for African Americans especially women. Black women suffered doubly during the slave era. Slave Trade The West African Slave Trade was a global event that focused

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    One of the most harmful effects that European conquest caused on the world was the practice of Slavery‚ and it took place in Africa. First‚ European explored African and conquered them‚ then they took some of African population into other countries for work labor because they stand the weather and bare the hardworking while Europeans could not . Olaudah Equiano said in his document " When I looked round the ship too and saw a large furnace or cooper boiling‚ and a multitude of black of every description

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    Portuguese and Spanish Slavery Thus when Portugal and Spain established the first American colonies‚ they first introduced Africans as a labor source in the New World. Both encountered difficulties turning the native American people into a slave labor force. The Spanish were more successful as they encountered the settled agraian societies of the Andes and central Mexico. The Spanish engaged in a debate concerning the humanity of the Native Americans. The Native Americans were in the end turned into

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    One striking difference between modern day and historical slavery is the quantity. There are more slaves today than in the whole 400 years of the Trans-Atlantic slave trade. The increase in slavery today is driven by the increase in the world population and the growing economy in places where slavery is most prevalent. In today’s slavery‚ ownership is no longer central. In the past control came primarily through ownership. Today control comes primarily through violence and intimidation. Legal documentation

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    In the year 1619‚ the very first African slaves were brought the Jamestown‚ Virginia. Slaves would forever change the southern colonies. Between 1607 and 1775 the southern colonies needed people to work on their cash crops‚ and while indentured servants were useful; Africans better suited this job because they were socially easier to control‚ because they came from a similar climate making them better immune to disease and also by South economically benefiting from their physical working abilities

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    Definition of Slavery

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    slavery; it was the basis for the slave trade for numerous countries and had its own slave system within. As in most of the world‚ slavery‚ or involuntary human servitude‚ was practiced across parts of Africa from prehistoric times to the modern era. When people think of slavery today‚ many envision the basis in which it existed in the United States before the American Civil War‚ one racially identifiable group owning and exploiting another. Masters abusing and misusing slaves‚ taking away their dignity

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    Some Historians such as Eric Williams‚ have suggested that the abolition of the slave trade was rather‚ dependent upon the economical factors and or benefits that slavery provided society. The consequential decline in economic profitability due to advancements of The Industrial Revolution (Circa. 1760 - 1820-40) meant that the economic benefit of slavery declined‚ since profits were the main cause of starting the trade‚ it could be argued‚ a decline in profitability would have pushed for eventual

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    History 7a

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    increased conflict between Christians and Islamic countries. 1450 AD Islam winning by defeating Constantinople 1554 and expand into northern Africa and india. 3.4. Econ connected with international econ 3.5.1. West Africa - silent carter trade route 3.5.2. Middle east and north eastern - levant route 3.5.3. Constantinople and Asia - Alexandrian 3.5.4. Ottoman empire slowly closed these routes 3.5. *Renaissance led states into quest for modern knowledge

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