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    The Portuguese individuals are the begin of the slave trade, when they initially arrived they exchanged for gold, ivory, and pepper yet once they perceived how the slave business was flourishing they likewise needed slaves. For a timeframe Portugal controlled the slave exchange in light of the fact that other European nations, for example, Spain had no interest for slaves, until around 1510. “The cultivation of coffee in Brazil and of tobacco, rice, and indigo in British North America added to…

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    Sierra Leone is a west african country that has a lot to offer. The name, Sierra Leone, derived from Portuguese explorers after encountering a mountain resembling a lion on their exploration. Originally Sierra Lyoa, meaning mountain lion, was the name given to the country, but was evolved over time resulting in the name it has now. Sierra Leone has a lot of history behind it. Today the country has things to offer that others simple can not. This country was one of the first europeans grew…

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    Alligator Bait

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    When you think of babies what do you think of? Gentalness, cuteness? Imagine a baby being harm. No one wants to put a baby in harms way. Back during slavery alligator hunters would take the slave babies and use them aas alligator bait. This shows how nonimportant African Americans were. Slaves would have their babies and as soon as the mothers leavet their babies unattendedand slave hunters would snatch their babies up. Infants and toddlers were mostlty used to use as bait. The babies were…

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    Tulsa County

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    Tulsa County is situated in the state Oklahoma, United States. Tulsa is the 2nd most populous county in the state. The county is famous for its high-income status. Apart from that, there are lots of more things to make the county perfect for traveling and living as well. Travel to Tulsa County and find out the top attractions ranging from modish nightlife to high-class museums of arts, destinations for family fun, food, shopping and lots more. The Tulsa river park is the most popular spot for…

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    Over the past several weeks dozens of terrorist attacks occurred throughout the United States. While they occurred in many places, each one involved a suicide bomber who wore a burqa. With thousands of people injured and/or killed, local law enforcement and intelligence agencies started an investigation. The agency found that all suicide bombers were non-citizens of the United States, and were originally from Syria, Saudi Arabia, or Canada. Section 1 of the new PROTECT-US Act 2017 states that…

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    African slave trade was beginning to become very dominate in the period of the Atlantic world and the effects of it have changed the world dramatically. During the time of the 1500’s many people were beginning to acquire the need of slaves, and European colonists seemed to be the ones who started it all. With the need of cheap and profitable labor for areas such as sugar plantations or tobacco farms Europeans need many people to take care of the land and owning many slaves was there solution. …

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    Throughout this book I was mainly intrigued by Chapter 12 for several reasons. I have always been curious about slave life and this chapter really made me think about our past generations. The fact that people in our country actually lived that way, as if they were not people at all, seems all too unreal but it is unfortunately a part of our history. We are past the days of slavery within our county, but still to this day we have problems with equality, a lot of that being minorities. Daily I…

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    Otis Lomenick Mr. Frederick Hist. 2010 9/26/16 Exam 1 IDs Mercantilism was a policy used by the British and The English colonies in 16th to 18 century. It was a way to increase the wealth of the government. It was made to export more than import more to make a profit. It was the main way to make a lot of profit back in that time. Middle passage was a part of the Triangular Trade. It was a passage way in which slaves were sent to the New World. The middle passage was used in the 16th to 19th…

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    A triangle of exchange developed, connecting the landmasses of Europe, Africa, and the Americas. Slave dealers from Portugal, the Netherlands, England, and France brought crude and made materials (for example, horses, iron, cloth, glass, and firearms) to African brokers. African rulers benefitted from this exchange, taking up arms against neighbors or requiring tribute as slaves, which they, thusly, bargained to Europeans for the fascinating extravagance things they supplied. European dealers…

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    Triangular Trade

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    Triangular interchanging isn’t a recently developed term, indicating trade among three ports or regions. This trade usually results when an area has export goods that are not necessary in the district from which its significant imports come. Triangular trade provides a method for righting trade imbalances between regions. One of the most known triangular trading systems is the Transatlantic Slave Trade, run from the late 16th century to the early 19th. It conducted the exchange of manufactured…

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