SLAVE TRADE DATABASE Assignment QUESTIONS/QUERIES In 1732‚ the slave ship Diligent under Captain Pierre Mary purchased slaves from ______Blight of Benin_______ 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
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The Autobiography of Olaudah Equiano and The Slave Dancer contain plenty of similarities and differences throughout the plot of the stories. The Slave Dancer is about a young boy Jessie‚ who lives in poor area of New Orleans with his widowed mother and younger sister. Jessie often plays his fife to sailors‚ to make a few pennies. The Autobiography of Olaudah Equiano is about a young boy who lives in a village in Africa‚ with his father‚ mother‚
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Eighteenth-Century Runaway Slave Ads. May 14‚ 1785 a runaway Negro slave by the name of Billy‚ 23 escaped from St. Mary’s County‚ near the Queen tree. Dressed in a striped country cloth jacket and breeches‚ heading towards Prince George’s County. An eight dollar reward for capture and five pounds if out of state. Isaac 17‚ runaway Negro slave from New York October 27‚ 1763. Clothed in a lame manner. Reward 20 shillings‚ where about unknown. February 19‚ 1779. Abraham‚ a runaway Negro slave 25 years old
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Plural Society Plural Society Many of the societies which have problems of multicultural governance are former multi-ethnic colonies. A theory of such colonial and post-colonial societies draws particularly on the work of J.S.Furnivall and M.G.Smith. According to Furnivall different ethnic groups in a plural society meet only in the market place. This market place however lacks the characteristics which Durkheim envisaged in his concept of organic solidarity. It lacks the shared values which organic
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Jill Knierim The Horrors of a Slave Ship History 1301-Villarreal Due Date: 3/8/13 The article‚ The Horrors of a Slave Ship‚ is first person point of view account of the capturing of Olaudah Equiano. He tells the story of how he was captured from his home while his parents were away to be used as a slave. The article starts off with Olaudah and his sister being captured while their parents were away. They were taken into the woods‚ tied up‚ and forced to travel bound without food. After
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SLAVE NARRATIVES: A COMPARISON Slave narratives are a very important part of history. They provide readers with an inside view of the institution of slavery and the many aspects of it. Slave narratives can be found in many different places. Many have been documented and printed and some can be found in the autobiographies of well known African Americans. Regardless of the source‚ slave narratives can provide valuable information. The slave narratives I am discussing today are from two different
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Kazi 1 Youth Unemployment in the Caribbean: Social and Economic Backgrounds : Kazi‚ Tamjidul Huda Kazi Table of Contents Acronyms Terms of Reference Introduction School-to-Work Transition Some Impediments to Labour Force Entry The Caribbean Context Defining Youth Youth Unemployment Rates Specific Social Problems in the Caribbean Youth Development Policies and Programs in the Caribbean Regional Programs International Development Organizations Global Policy Framework Effectiveness of Youth
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The 1763 Berbice Slave Rebellion and The Rise of Cuffy The Berbice Slave Uprising is the most famous slave revolt in Guyana. Causes: 1. Slaves’ resentment of the ill-treatment received by estate managers and overseers 2. Lack of food provisions for slaves (resulting in them being underfed.) 3. The desire of some to officially partition Berbice with the Dutch‚ just like Djuku tribe of Surinam had done in 1761. Course: The rebellion began on February‚ 23rd
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Celia‚ A Slave by Melton A. McLaurin is a tantalizing story about a women named Celia. Celia who was a slave on a Missouri farm‚ who at the time was nineteen-years-old suffered a great ordeal at the hand of her owner; Newsom. After five years of being habitually raped by her proprietor she decided that she had enough. She grew tired of suffering and on the night of June 23‚ 1855‚ Celia fatally battered her master as he approached her in her cabin. The murder trial of the Celia‚ the slave came at a
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There were many resistances from slaves‚ violent and non-violent‚ during the period of slavery in the BWI. Violent resistance was in the form of revolts and rebellions and non-violent resistance included actions such as suicide‚ poisoning‚ avoiding work and maroonage. However‚ there were three violent resistances which stood out. These three were Bussa Rebellion in Barbados (Easter 1816)‚ Demerara Revolt in Guyana (August 1823) and the Sam Sharp Rebellion in Jamaica (December 1831). These rebellious
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