...Introduction: In the 18th century, Great Britain was and Empire and was open for trading and commerce. It was the same for the 19th century, with the utilization of the slaves. We are going to talk about the slave trade at the Docklands and the abolition of slavery in Great Britain. Issues: How was the Great Britain Empire working during the 18th century ? What was the role of London in the trade and commerce during the 18th and 19th century ? How was the slaves use in Great Britain ? How did the slave trade end in Great Britain ? Subjects: The British Empire during the 18th century (Aymeric) London’s role in the trade and commerce during the 18th (Paul) London’s role in the trade and commerce during the 19th (Esther) The slave trade at the Docklands (Freya) London was at the heart of the ‘trade triangle’ that fuelled the slave trade. Traders left here with manufactured goods, such as guns, and exchanged them for slaves in Africa. The slaves were then taken across the Atlantic (the ‘middle passage’) and sold to plantation owners in America and the Caribbean for sugar, tobacco, rum, rice, cotton and tea, all of which were shipped back to London. It’s estimated that 11-12 million Africans were transported across the Atlantic for slavery. During the 1720s alone, nearly 200,000 Africans were transported in British ships. Packed into tight spaces with little food and water, thousands died en route. Built in 1803, Warehouse 1 was the first docklands warehouse...
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...During the 18th and 19th centuries, the United States had imported and sold millions of Africans in the United States, forcing them into slave labor for virtually their entire lives. Although slavery did not end until midway into the 19th century, this failed to stop slaves who ran away, killed their masters, or purchased their freedom. Moreover, the effects from this period in U.S history still has an impact in today’s society. During the late 20th century, a letter from an alleged speech in the early 18th century surfaced claiming responsibility for the many methods and psychological trauma used in slavery. Although the letter is very attentive and thought-provoking, I believe the letter is false because of its use of words in that period of time, lack of information of the author, and lack of evidence to be used in a referential context....
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...Politically, women sought after suffrage, claiming taxation without representation just as the colonists had done in the 18th century towards Great Britain. In the early to mid-19th century, many factors contributed to the formation of the women’s rights movement including the Cult of Domesticity, education, abolition, marriage, and politics. Belief in the Cult of Domesticity by many men resulted in many women staying in the private sphere unwillingly, unequal pay compared to similar jobs done by men, and few socially acceptable career options for women, causing them to fight these injustices legally in courts and participating in strikes and protests. Many men and even women upheld the idea of the Cult of Domesticity, which women stayed in the private sphere and kept the house and children while the men stepped out into the public sphere and worked in order to support the family. In 1846, Eliza...
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...Slavery persisted in the United States for many years, causing a break between the North and South that led to the Civil War. Slavery was a very bad point in time, because it was unfair and terrible to the African Americans. The article says that,"Slavery was a local issue. It was the social and economic base of plantations of 11 southern states. Slavery had increased due to cotton being very profitable." Slaves increased in many states due to all the cotton being produced in the area. The cotton became very profitable in these years, so the need of slaves went up big time. . "Between the 16th and 19th centuries, an estimated total of 12 million Africans were transported to the Americas," states the article in the first paragraph. 12 million innocent Africans lost their freedom because of our country. That is terrible! Not only did slaves lose their freedom, they also get treated like dogs everyday. The article states,"Despite its brutality and cruelty, the slave system caused little protest until the 18th century." In the 18th century, British and American abolitionist wanted to eliminate slavery and they began working to prohibit the import of slaves in the British colonies and American colonies....
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...cultures. Imperialism started spreading from Europe in the 16th century, dramatically affecting everything in its past. The effects of past imperialism contributed to a globalized world and still does to this day. Imperialism went through two significant stages and were all affected by greed, whether it was for more land, a bigger economy, or more power. Greed began the growth of European imperialism through the conquering of North America and South America. European imperialism is what founded the United States and created the first worldly genocide, wiping out Native American tribes, Hispanic colonies, and countless others. Imperialism, then, spread throughout the rest of the world creating one, if not, the biggest genocide in world history in Tasmania. Searching for more land, trying to expand country’s power and economy caused more pain and suffering than it did good in the first phase of Imperialism. The outcome of early global imperialism did not come into effect until quite some time later, slavery being the first. Europeans were the superior people based on the fact that they...
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...Script a conversation between two notable women from the 18th and/or 19th century on the roles women should play in society. 1. Biographical information for each woman Betsy Ross was born Elizabeth Griscom to Samuel Griscom and the former Rebecca James in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on January 1, 1752, the eighth of seventeen children. She grew up in a household where the plain dress and strict discipline of the Society of Friends dominated her life. She learned to sew from her great-aunt Sarah Elizabeth Ann Griscom. Her great-grandfather Andrew Griscom, a Quaker carpenter, emigrated in 1680 from England (www.biography.com). Like her sisters, she attended Quaker schools and learned sewing and other crafts common in her day. After Betsy completed her schooling, her father apprenticed her to a local upholsterer, where at age 17 she met John Ross, an Anglican. The two young apprentices quickly fell for one another, but Betsy was a Quaker, and the act of marrying outside of one's religion was strictly off-limits. To the shock of their families, Betsy and John married in 1772, and she was promptly expelled from both her family and the Friends meeting house in Philadelphia that served as a place of worship for Quakers. Eventually, the couple opened their own upholstery business, drawing on Betsy's deft needlework skills. Betsy Ross is best known for making the first American flag. Betsy died on January 30, 1836, at the age of 84. Susan B. Anthony was born February 15, 1820 in Adams...
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...Debate 1: The Industrial Revolution in England from the 18th to the 19th century was a benefit to the English working class. By: 1. Dhakshani Dharmadeva (2614) 2. Dinu Siriwardana (2971) 3. Melani Mallawarachchi (2950) The Industrial Revolution in England from the 18th to the 19th century was NOT a benefit to the English working class. Industrial revolution was a period of major industrialization that took place during the late 1700s and early 1800s. The Industrial Revolution, beginning in Great Britain, quickly spread throughout the world. This time period saw the mechanization of agriculture, textile manufacturing, a revolution in power such as steam ships and railroads, and had a massive effect on social, cultural and economic conditions. We learned that industrial production increased tremendously, bringing wealth and power to Great Britain throughout the 19th century. But it’s time to consider its effects on people, we have yet to explore the effects of industrialization on society, on the daily living and the working conditions of common people. What was life like for the average industrial worker? Was living in a new industrial city and working in a factory an improvement over life in the countryside? Did the new factory life change for the better the roles of family members, including women and children? Were people healthier? In general, did the Industrial...
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...is nearly greater than all of America’s involvement in all conflicts since its foundation in 1776. The Civil War has been tied to numerous events dating from the 18th century all the way to nearly the end of the 20th century in America. American society in the 18th and 19th century was slowly deteriorating and would eventually lead to the North and the South becoming conflicting societies by the 1830s-1850s. The 18th century was a very much important time for the 13 colonies and the newly formed United States. They had broken away from England, with the use of the Declaration...
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...“new” ideas. This is the basis for America’s society: freedom. Each citizen has the right to think as they wish, and speak their beliefs. But freedom hasn’t come cheap. America struggled to separate from Britain in the 19th century. The successful parting of Britain’s rule and authority can often be seen as undervalued in terms of culture development. Not to say that thinkers and doers didn’t exist beyond the boundaries, but, as a group, Americans have led the charge in paving the way for future existence. Much of the foundational work was done in the 18th and 19th centuries. Early in the 1800’s, the power of steam was invented, which led to the great Industrial Revolution and its successor, the second Industrial Revolution. During the times of this revolution, people were working more often and increasing their money flow. More people with more money equated to better and longer lives, as they were now able to provide for themselves and their growing families. But as many know, with money comes greed. Social Darwinism’s “most fit”, brought about some ugly and often embarrassing times for America. Slavery was instilled as an idea suggesting power of wealth, and means of lowering the cost of production. However, with the inabilities of predicting the future, slavery was quickly frowned upon by many. There began to be a significant spread between business owners and the working people. Workers acknowledged new ideas brought about by socialists in hopes of creating an equal society...
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...Professor: Course: Date: The Link between an Evangelical Spirit as Found In the Second Great Awakenings and the Reforming Impulse Historians and sociologists have consistently observed the relationship between the abolitionist movement and revivalism. Evangelical movements and works contributed to the end of the slave trade and slavery which was rampant in Europe and the United States for the period between the 18th and the 19th century. The industrial and scientific revolution marked this period. To this end, slaves were in high demand on industries and plantations like the ones in South America. Most production was labor intensive, and this nature perhaps explains the intensification of the slave trade during this period. However, missionaries, philosophers and economists like Adam Smith started anti-slavery campaigns. Like Adam Smith, he was very certain that free people are more productive than slaves. Inhumane acts marked the lives of slaves. Masters could whip their Slaves even in public, and they were tied to immobilize them from running away. Thanks, to the antislavery campaigns through evangelism that led to the end of slave trade and slavery. An analysis of the second great awakenings reveals that there is a link between the evangelical spirit and the "reforming Impulse." This link animated the many movements of social reform in the years leading up to the American Civil War. The American evangelicals depicted Americans as the most religious people in the world. It...
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...Such Thing as Rest By: Tina Baker Slavery in some ways is still around even today. When we hire a maid, butler, or a chauffeur in some ways is still slavery. They have to work for us for a certain amount of money, and cook, clean raise our kids, and do the grocery shopping. So really slavery isn’t abolished. Slavery in America began when the first African slaves were brought to the North American colony of Jamestown, Virginia, in 1619, to aid in the production of such lucrative crops as tobacco. Slavery was practiced throughout the American colonies in the 17th and 18th centuries, and African-American slaves helped build the economic foundations of the new nation. The invention of the cotton gin in 1793 solidified the central importance of slavery to the South's economy. By the mid-19th century, America's westward expansion, along with a growing abolition movement in the North, would provoke a great debate over slavery that would tear the nation apart in the bloody American Civil War (1861-65). Though the Union victory freed the nation's 4 million slaves, the legacy of slavery continued to influence American history, from the tumultuous years of Reconstruction (1865-77) to the civil rights movement that emerged in the 1960s, a century after emancipation. The old slave owners used to use their christianity as a way to justify the way they treated their slaves saying "god told them to do the things they did". Society views slavery as wrong, now that it is illegal. Some...
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...Africa to many countries around the Indian Ocean” (Peterson, Brian 2008). There are certain commonalities in these trades, but they still differ significantly. That is, though both were superlative industries that flourished in their empires and are somewhat interrelated, they varied in terms of their economic pattern of performance; the Portuguese during the 15th-18th century and the Arabs during the 17th and 18th century. They also differed in trading goods involved, and mechanisms of demise. According to Bamba Gascogine, the Portuguese invaded the Cape Verde Islands in 1460. They specialized in plantation work, growing, in particular, indigo and cotton. The Portuguese slaves also worked in factories that produced cloth. Gascogine states that “The cloth is exchanged in Guinea for slaves. And the slaves are sold for cash to the slaving ships which pay regular visits to the Cape Verde Islands” (Gascogine, 2008). On the other hand, the embryonic era of Arab slavery occurred well before the eighteenth century but the major time-loop in which slavery flourished was during the eighteenth and nineteenth century. According to Owen Alik Shahada, the main trading goods between Arabia and Africa were ivory, iron and animal products. He states that “there is very little evidence in the sources to support the claim that slaving was ever a major enterprise of any significance...
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...This chapter showcased Africa’s way into the world economy with all its ups and downs, including slavery. Many things, such as culture and religion, were changed once brought into Africa. This also worked the other way around. Africa spread its influence to others as slaves were transported to other areas, some more than others. The Portuguese went to west Africa until they reached the Cape of Good Hope to make factories, forts and trading areas with merchants. An example of a factory is El Mina, and these factories allowed control over the certain area. The Portuguese gave goods and sometimes slaves in return for African ivory, pepper, animal skins, and gold. Lançados at the interior were to help with economy. Missionaries were made to convert,...
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...Emancipation and Apprenticeship Pre-18th Century Attitudes to Slavery Like other people of the time, Europeans believed that the enslavement of another person was justifiable as long as a reasonable explanation could have being given for the enslavement. In Africa itself, slavery was acceptable and people were taken as slaves in three ways: as prisoners in war, as a punishment for a crime and as a payment for debt. An English philosopher, John Locke stated that slavery is only justifiable when a person was then taken captive as a prisoner of war e.g.: in crusades. The Spanish questioned whether slavery was right but they still practiced it. They argued that slavery although wrong was necessary in order to develop their empire and to convert heathens to Christians. The Bible itself was ambiguous enough for Europeans to use it as the foundation for supporting slavery e.g.: the story about the curse on Ham and his posterity and their ‘blackness’ giving them inferiority and making them slaves forever. 18th Century Attitudes to Slavery In the 18th century, there was a changing attitude towards slavery, ideas about Christian brotherhood and that Christians could not be enslaved became popular for e.g.: the Quakers believed that blacks have immortal souls just like whites and can be saved as well. In France, the anti-slavery group was more of secular than a religious group. They were humanitiarrtians who believed that all men were created equal and that all men...
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...Naomie Fleurjuste 3/23/12 Midterm The difference is that, Atlantic slave trade was very important for 18 century World Economy, because it was one of the three elements of so-called Triangular trade, a three-way exchange between America, Europe, and Africa. European traders would ship textiles, muskets, and manufactured merchandize to Africa and exchange it for slaves. Then they would take slaves to the West to Americas and exchange them for cotton and tobacco, and sail home. On each side of the triangular trade ships made huge profits plus they carried different valuable merchandize from both African continent and the New World. Thus, Atlantic slave trade was vitally important for 18th century sailors . The origin of Atlantic slave trade – and slave trade in general – is mainly associated with the shortage of labor in the developing New World. Contemporary European population in the Americas was not sufficient to support the plans of development. Even criminals that were sentenced to labor ran away, and could easily blend into white masses forever. Native Americans were not efficient as slaves either, because they were not that numerous and did not have immunity for diseases brought to the New World by Europeans . In addition, native Americans could easily escape because they knew the land well, their home were close, and they knew how to survive in the adjacent territories . But labor requirements...
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