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    the profits earned were not from speculate with the bank’s cash and the activity was recommended by his bosses‚ thus in order to increase his bonuses he chose to generated huge amount of profit by using unauthorised manners and concealed those fake trades. Attitudes/Rationalizations Excessive interest in generating the entity’s profit.

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    As the Europeans began to explore the atlantic‚ they had hoped to discover new trade routes and connections. However‚ they fell into a much more impactful role that would lead to the development of the new world trade system. From the mid 1400’s through the 1700’s‚ Europeans‚ especially the Portuguese‚ were the leading force behind the Atlantic slave trade‚ which greatly affected West Africa‚ the Americas‚ and all of Europe. Focusing on West Africa and the Europeans‚ the Kingdom of the Kongo and

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    Exchanges on the Silk Roads After the fall of the Mauryas‚ the Kushan kingdom became the main political force in northern India. They were located across the main trade routes‚ and the Kushans prospered on the trade that was happening in that area. That area of trade and exchange was known as the Silk Road. The Silk Road was a trade route located between the Roman Empire and China‚ which also had a section that passed through the mountains northwest of India. From that area‚ goods where shipped

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    Slaves no more

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    Slaves No More Back in 1979 Leon Litwack published a book called Been in the Storm So Long: The Aftermath of Slavery‚ which featured the poem Slaves No More. This poem was very emotional and touching to me. Litwack expressed his feelings about the abolishment of slavery and some experiences he had being a slave in this poem. I will be explaining what this poem is about‚ what Leon Litwack was trying to say‚ and why I chose this topic to write about. First‚ I will explain my interpretation of what

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    Slave Girl

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    In her slave narrative‚ Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl‚ Harriet Jacobs makes the case that “[slavery] is terrible for men; but it is far more terrible for women.” (Jacobs #) According to female slave narratives like Incidents and The History of Mary Prince: A West Indian Slave‚ it is worse to be a female slave because‚ in addition to the brutalities endured by all slaves‚ enslaved women are also victims of a sexist and patriarchal society where they are victims of sexual abuse and exploitation

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    Sugar Trade

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    Many things helped drive the sugar trade. Demand‚ slavery‚ and climate played a major role in the driving of the sugar trade. Demand was greatly increasing throughout the years. The climate of the caribbean islands where cane sugar was grown. Slavery provided “free” work to produce sugar which in turn increased profits for the farmers. In England‚ sugar was not shipped there until the year 1317. But once the sugar was becoming a popular import‚ it boomed. Sugar consumption and import grew tremendously

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    Celia A Slave

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    The author‚ Melton Alonza McLaurin‚ wrote Celia‚ A Slave with the purpose to inform the audience of the treatment of slaves and how little rights they had. The story emphasizes Celia‚ the main character‚ who was sexually abused by Mr. Newsom‚ her master. She ended up mothering two of his children and one more child that is questionably his or another slave’s child. After 5 years of this behavior‚ she threatens him to stop. After the warning she accidentally murders him‚ with the intention only to

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    A Slave with a Birthday

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    said‚ “Some slaves are scoured to their work by whips‚ others by their restlessness and ambition.” In the children’s picture book Henry’s Freedom Box by Ellen Levine and illustrated by Kadir Nelson‚ Ruskin may be proven right. This historical bibliography‚ published in 2007 by Scholastic Press‚ exposes children to slavery in its most potent era‚ where a young slave named Henry “BOX” Brown is stripped away from his family not only once but twice. Henry Brown was a slave. Since he was a slave he did not

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    Slaves dream

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    The physical image of a slave is portrayed through the first stanza of the poem. He is tired from the all work that he has to do on the fields and falls asleep. This last dreaming slumber gives way to a series of aneurisms which reflects the desires of his waking life. The phrases “ungathered rice” and “sickle in his hand” indicates that his assigned task is left incomplete by him due to his immense fatigue. His bare breast represents the barrenness of his life as a slave and his matted hair “buried”

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    Roman Slaves

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    A Brief Outlook on Roman Slaves 4th May‚ 2017| Ancient History - Roman Society| C.J. Hawkings “As many enemies as there are slaves.” - Spartacus Rome. One of the most well known places in the ancient world. The culture was best known for their gladiators and their marvellous architecture. There is a part of the culture is touched upon but is never delved into with much detail. These were people that served their masters but were not thoroughly acknowledged. Here is a look at a brief outlook

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