Reparations Justified The question of Reparations, has been the subject of many arguments, and will continue to be. Now, throughout history, man has self...

Slavery... a societal institution based on ownership, dominance and exploitation of one human being by another. The owners may exact work or other services without payment and can deny the slave's freedom in activity and mobility. Therefore, they are regarded as an article of property an...

1A. The common experience of European, African, and Native American women in colonial America was that no matter where they were in America, women were considered subordinate to men. The most intriguing part about the era was the way that captives were treated. Whether it be as slaves or as just c...

AMISTAD Amistad is a recreation of the true story about an 1839 slave revolt on a small Spanish schooner, La Amistad, ironically the Spanish word for "friendship." Spielberg does a great job in recreating the Amistad revolt that spurred a series of trials beginning in the lower courts of Connect...

In Barbados and Jamaica (the sugar islands) sugar was a major crop. The owners of these sugar plantations were badly in need of laborers to work for them year round, and because the natives died off so speedily, they needed to bring in someone to do the grueling tasks for them. They tried to use ind...

I was born a slave girl; but I never knew it until I was about six years of age. I was born in Angolia, Africa with my birth family but soon after they were captured. They went through the Middle Passage and I went with them where we went through the slave trade. My family was partially separated du...