SLAVE ORIGIN Slaves were taken from the following areas: -Lagos -Elmina -Whydah -Gold Coast -Senegambia -Guinea Coast -Badagri -Ivory Coast Raiders would enter villages quietly‚ in the night and set fire to slave houses. In the confusion and panic they easily collected the villagers‚ tied them in pairs around the neck using forked sticks and placed them into slave coffles. This was done quickly as they feared the villagers might have had reinforcements. The
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Chapter 9: Economic Transformation‚ 1820-1860 Section 1: The American Industrial Revolution How did American textile manufactures compete with British manufactures? How successful were they? American textile manufactures were at an advantage compared to British manufactures‚ and they were very successful. America persuaded Britain to prohibit the export of textile machinery and the emigration of mechanics. Yet‚ still many British mechanics migrated over to the United States because they were lured
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history of the Crusades. It was the end of the second crusade and gave up Jerusalem to the Muslims for the first time and the Crusaders never got it back. The siege of Jerusalem in 1187 lasted from September 20 to October 2 in 1187. Balian‚ a blacksmith from Ibelin‚ the son of Godfrey was the leader of Jerusalem at this time. The leader of the Muslims‚ Saladin had tried to negotiate a peace to avoid bloodshed and a war. He offered generous terms to the people of Jerusalem and was trying to avoid
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3 Question 1 (Marks: 20) On a straight‚ flat section of road‚ a car follows a truck. Initially (t < 0)‚ both are travelling at speed v0 = 90 k.p.h. The truck maintains constant speed throughout. The car is initially 2.0 seconds behind the truck‚ i.e. for t < 0 the car
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Social Impacts of the Industrial Revolution Economic History The most intriguing to me and the most important to the society‚ as many historians agree was the social impact of Industrial Revolution in the nineteenth century. In fact‚ some historians like Rondo Cameron and R. M. Hartwell have ended up debating whether Industrial Revolution was an appropriate term for this revolution. Harold Perkin is another historian who shares the same viewpoint about Industrial Revolution as Cameron
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Am I My Brother’s Keeper? Patterns of Leadership in Zimbabwe When you want to discover the root of murder you go to the village and interview the blacksmith who invented the machete‚ African proverb Contemporary leaders in Zimbabwe were once freedom fighters. They were also called guerrillas‚ sons and daughters of the soil. They waged a rancorous armed struggle in the mid-1970s culminating in the birth of a new nation‚ Zimbabwe. This armed struggle was dubbed the Second Chimurenga (uprising)‚ the
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marketing system has evolved from the time of a simple barter of goods through the stage of a money economy to today’s complex marketing. Throughout all these stages‚ exchanges have been taking place. In small town and villages there were artisans such as carpenters‚ weavers‚ potters blacksmiths‚ barbers and others such service providers
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Mythology is the myths and stories of a culture. Most of the stories told were about the Gods and Goddess. There were different Gods and Goddesses for each part of everyday life. Throughout history there were many different cultures with many different beliefs. The religious difference between them weren’t so different such as in Greek‚ Roman‚ and Mayan. The Greek myths come from Greek stories. Greek mythology doesn’t have a text that is unique because it was told not written. The stories started
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In Ridley Scott’s Kingdom of Heaven the story’s protagonist‚ Balian‚ is the epitome of a true and perfect knight. Balian hasn’t always been a knight though. He used to be a simple blacksmith‚ but his life changes after his wife committed suicide after they lost their child. Then a knight named Godfrey came to him and told Balian that he was his illegitimate son and that started Balian’s journey to being a great knight just like his father. In order for Balian to be a true and perfect knight he has
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" "Jonathan." "Okay‚ Mr. Jonathan‚ my name is Carrie. Are you alright? There hasn’t been a house next to my book shop since I was born‚ more than twenty-six years ago." “Nonsense. My home was there this morning‚ when left to my job‚ at the blacksmith on 4th Avenue." He said‚
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