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    What was the most important reason for the abolition of the slave Trade? By the time that the slave trade had been abolished in Britain and her colonies in 1807 eleven million men‚ women and children had been snatched from their homes. For historians understanding the factors that led to the abolition of the trade remains an important task. Whilst there is clearly a consensus on the main factors that led to this seismic and historic event there is obviously a difference in opinion on the most

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    steps didn’t work they will then ask you to send in the PS4 for repair by sending you a prepaid shipping label and box. Accept and give them your shipping info. Step 5 Once you got the box you will then do the box method (You can use normal ice) and ship it out. Make sure to make it look like someone broke into your box. Also crumple up the pink paper slip that comes inside the box. Step 6 Once it arrives there‚ they will do their "investigation" which literally means nothing because 100% your going

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    lengthy scenes. The true story of the 2009 hijacking of an American cargo ship is a story that most of us remember vividly. Tom Hanks‚ who was born to play Captain Phillips‚ brings this terrifying story to life. The movie starts out with an uptight Captain Phillips obsessing over emergency drills and making sure his ship’s crew knows exactly how to handle any situation. However‚ their preparations still couldn’t save their ship‚ the Alabama‚ from being boarded by four Somali pirates. With the crew

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    Bristol and Liverpool: The demise and rise of rival ports in the eighteenth century slave trade. In the early eighteenth century‚ Bristol’s dominant position as a slave trading port remained virtually unchallenged. Yet‚ by the end of the century‚ Liverpool firmly established its status as Britain’s leading slave trading port‚ surpassing Bristol completely. Despite some similarities between the rival ports‚ a number of factors‚ decisions and circumstances serve to explain Liverpool’s magnificent

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    DIFFERENCE BETWEEN COLLISION FROM ALLISION A collision is when two objects strike each other‚ as when two ships passing make a misjudgment and one strikes another. An allision is similar‚ but refers to a collision where one of the two objects is stationary. The term is generally used in a nautical context. If a ship or boat strikes against a bridge abutment‚ this is called an allision. ALLISION An allision is a maritime accident where one boat hits another or collides with a fixed object like

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    Clang! bow! bang! As ships go to war‚ a stormy day as waves crash upon the ship and the ships ride against the water. Rain pounding against the men as they get drenched in rain. “Fire the cannons!” said the captain. A long combat later‚ hundreds killed they finally won. The ship raided their opponents ship and stole what they had left. As for the ones that were not killed they took the weak ones and made them toil‚ and took the strong ones and made them become apart of their ship. But because there

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    mind to find his trip rather then doing the math behind it to find the correct coordinates so he sailed to sail he didn’t necessarily know where he would dock his ship. The way that this quote would relate to the current day and age would be that we still have pirates that sail without using math and just sail the waters to raid ships or just do it to travel in general. The paragraphs following this will talk about columbus’s journey and what he thought about the islands he found for instance how

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    Vikings were well known for their technologically advanced shipbuilding. The ships featured key components that allowed them to journey to several coasts‚ islands‚ and eventually the continent of North America. The Viking’s ships are known as longships‚ as they ranged from 45 to 75 feet long. The ships were long and narrow with the sides tapered in toward the front and back of the boat‚ in order to cut through waves. This design would eventually help the Vikings cross the rough North Atlantic Ocean

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    Approximately 1‚697 letters of Marque were designated to privateer ships in the course of the Revolutionary War‚ while the Continental Navy had just under 70 ships. Letters of Marque were licenses to ships to legally attack or raid enemy ships‚ drawing comparisons to legalized piracy. The discrepancy between the letters of Marque‚ or numbers of privateer ships‚ and naval vessels makes clear which mode of naval aggression was preferred in the United States; however‚ privateering was not necessarily

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    Germans primarily targeted allied warships and merchant ships‚ until the allies found ways to protect themselves from the u-boats using different methods. These were Q ships‚ decoy ships that were actually merchant ships armed with heavy guns‚ so when the Germans fired at them and the merchant ships fired back they were fooled into thinking they were actually warships. Another way to prevent naval loss was to travel in convoy so that all merchant ships could be protected when delivering goods. Mines and

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