In 5th and 4th Century Athens unrestricted access to the legal system‚ as to other areas of political life‚ was the prerogative of the male Athenian citizen who had come of age. To what extent this unrestricted access to justice was extended to metics and slaves is open to debate however. Before I begin the main body of my essay I intend to lay down my understanding of metics and slaves in Athenian society before assessing specific legal cases regarding their access to justice. Firstly it is important
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and Europe in the 15th century to the 16th century. It was caused by exploration and the increased need for materials within the continents. The settlers sent corn‚ potatoes‚ tomatoes‚ peanuts‚ beans‚ and tobacco from the Americas to Europe. From Europe to the Americas‚ the people sent wheat‚ rice‚ oats‚ barley‚ guns‚ horses‚ cattle‚ pigs‚ coffee beans‚ grapes‚ bananas‚ and sugarcane. A myriad of new supplies were transported and introduced to these countries through trade routes found by explorers
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How did slave trade change with the arrival of the Europeans? As an African‚ before 1440‚ you might have been sold as a slave. In the 11th century‚ Muslims brought salt and luxury goods to trade for leather and slaves. If you were a woman‚ you could have been sold to an ottoman leader and if you were a man‚ you could have been sold as a solder. A dramatic changed occurred when the Europeans (Mainly the Spanish and Portuguese) were able to finally come along the cost of West Africa and sail across
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American Slave Trade It is said that all humans are created equally. Everyone has the same basic rights as a human being no matter who they are‚ what they own‚ or where they are from. Any individuals cannot be accredited to deprive any others’ basic rights‚ which are given as humans. However‚ slavery of Africans has breached this truth since the 17th century‚ especially in the United States. When comparing Lawrence Hill’s novel The Book of Negroes to historical facts of the slavery trade in America
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once said about slaves that they were content with their status. He argued that singing and their work ethic was proof of their contentment. However‚ history and other historian show otherwise. One major example to disprove U.B. Philips’s statement are the many instances of slave rebellions. Beginning from their journey through the middle passage‚ Africans resisted their status of slaves and wanted to become free‚ no matter the cost. Three key slave rebellions in the nineteenth century are Gabriel’s
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Exchange‚ Centralized Banking and Pawning The rise of intercontinental trade between Europe‚ Africa and the Americas radically changed European markets and led to an enormous commercial expansion in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. What did such a world look like? Regular scheduled cargo ships from the Americas arrived at European ports‚ increasing the supply of luxury goods such as rum‚ sugar‚ mahogany and tobacco. Slave ships regularly sailed for and to Africa in search of human labor that
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The Sixteenth Century (1485-1603) Literary works in sixteenth-century England were rarely if ever created in isolation from other currents in the social and cultural world. The boundaries that divided the texts we now regard as aesthetic from other texts that participated in the spectacles of power or the murderous conflicts of rival religious factions or the rhetorical strategies of erotic and political courtship were porous and constantly shifting. It is perfectly acceptable‚ treating Renaissance
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During the 19th century‚ the living condititons for African slaves in the USA was malignantly unfathomable as humanity had become an ideal corrupted by the mounting manifestations of man; “babarit[ies] of [the] tyrant” (Sydney Smith). Slaves were often required to strip themselves of their humanity in order to stage their masters’ decrees‚ such as; working lengthy hours‚ suffering mistreatement from the masters children and overseers’ whip‚ subsisting from little sustenance and ultimately becoming
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The protestant reformation The protestant reformation was a split in the church during the 16th century. It was initiated by Martin luther‚ and cased thousands of people to leave the church as a major protests that was started by questioning the way the church was lead. While this wasn’t the first attempt to reform the Roman Catholic church the previous attempts would just fail. The protesters claimed that the church cared more about their money than looking after the people themselves. However
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Slaves played an important role in Athenian society during the 5th Century BC. They performed tasks which allowed male Athenian citizens to have time to themselves and so they were able to participate actively in the Democracy aspect of society‚ they helped out the wife with domestic chores. Without slaves Athenian males struggled to keep up with the daily duties they were required to participate in during the day which caused them stress and put them under huge amounts of pressure. The institution
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