Knowledge comes‚ but wisdom lingers. Lord Tennyson Frailty‚ thy name is woman! Shakespeare In the end‚ everything is a gag. Charlie Chaplin The best love affairs are those we never had. Norman Lindsay Brevity is the soul of wit. William Shakespeare Everything is funny as long as it is happening to somebody else. Will Rogers Fortune favors the brave. Virgil I made this letter longer than usual because I lack the time to make it short. Blaise Pascal Great works are performed
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SLAVE TRADE DATABASE Assignment QUESTIONS/QUERIES In 1732‚ the slave ship Diligent under Captain Pierre Mary purchased slaves from Jacquin and transported them to Martinique. In 1655‚ the slave ship‚ Witte Paard‚ arrived in New York with 391 slaves. From 1607 to 1650‚ how many voyages listed the principle region of slave landing in Mainland North America? 1 In what year did it arrive with slaves? 1628 What was the name of the vessel? Good Fortune How many slave voyages were listed for the
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Part 1: The slave trade was conducted by the Europeans in order to raise their profit of sugar plantation‚ and they cornered Africans into a harsh situation during and after the voyage. From the early 1500’s to the early 1600’s‚ the Europeans increasingly bought slaves from Africans who needed weapons and other food supplies for their ongoing wars. To maximize the profit‚ the captains of slave ships wanted to carry as many healthy slaves for as little cost as possible by choosing either a loose or
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Don’t cry because it’s over‚ smile because it happened.” ― Dr. Seuss I’m selfish‚ impatient and a little insecure. I make mistakes‚ I am out of control and at times hard to handle. But if you can’t handle me at my worst‚ then you sure as hell don’t deserve me at my best.” ― Marilyn Monroe Be who you are and say what you feel‚ because those who mind don’t matter‚ and those who matter don’t mind.” ― Bernard M. Baruch You’ve gotta dance like there’s nobody watching‚ Love like you’ll never
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Dutch Slave Trade During the 17th and 18th centuries‚ mercantilism was the emerging economic policy through which the slave trade developed in Europe. In the Netherlands many historical events gave rise to a desire for domination of international trade. They were serious tradesman and were heavily involved in the profitable business of slavery. The Dutch‚ intelligent and self-ruling tradesmen took no time in displaying their dominance over rival countries‚ Portugal‚ England and Spain‚ in
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Europe‚ Africa and America treated atlantic slave trade differently. The slavery purchasing was mainly done through Dutch West Indies Company. The need for slaves became so big that the Europeans had to open trade to everyone. Europe made a great profit from slavery. Europeans saw Africans as people below them‚ the process allowed them to justify the purchase of slaves. Most slaves were prisoners of war. Europeans used guns‚ money‚ and horses purchase slaves from the Europeans. Some of the African
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In this lecture I leaned about the Atlantic slave trade. Specifically how brutal the conditions on the sugar plantations slaves had to work on in Brazil were. They worked long and tedious hours. Almost 14 hours a day filled with back breaking labor. Since the labor was difficult‚ many slaves died at a young age thus slaves being imported to the Americas increased. Where did the idea of slavery come from? Slavery in the Atlantic was a combination of ideas past empires in Eurasia believed in
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The Atlantic Slave Trade and Colonialism The Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade began when Portuguese interests in Africa moved away from the legendary deposits of gold to a much more readily available commodity – slaves‚ around the mid-fifteenth century. The plantation economies of the New World were built on slave labour. Seventy percent of the slaves brought to the new world were used to produce sugar‚ the most labour-intensive crop. The rest were employed harvesting coffee‚ cotton‚ and tobacco‚ and
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The Irish occupy a unique place in the history of the Trans-Atlantic slave trade‚ being white Europeans who were both slaves and slave owners‚ depending on which way the political and economic winds were blowing from the seventeenth century onwards. From the ruled to the rulers the Irish played a significant and almost universal role in the Trans-Atlantic slave trade and their story is one which is deserving of a greater knowledge both at home in Ireland but also worldwide. In relation to the question
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Famous Revolutionary Quotes Quote #1 “I only regret that I have but one life to lose for my country.” ~ Nathan Hale This quote is significant in representing the “spirit of the revolution” by being said by a very significant man who gave his life for his country more publicly. Also because this man states this quote before being hung for being a spy. Nathan Hale represents the spirit of the American because he was loyal and proud all the time until his death. Quote #2 “I have not yet
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