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Colonial Slavery
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Colonial Slavery
This paper discusses the patriarchy, religious, and economic forces that underlay the European colonization.
810 words (approx. 3.2 pages) |
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MLA | 2004
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This paper examines how the global economic forces spawned by colonialism gave rise to the modern slave trade and turned people into nothing more than commodities and sources of labor. The author points out that, through marriage and religious conversion, members of colonized peoples could achieve a form of social status by adopting the traits of their Portuguese colonizers. The paper relates that, in Africa, the growth of colonization into the African interior by Afrikaners laid the foundations for apartheid laws.From the Paper:
"In fact, for the Portuguese, Catholicism trumped skin color. African Natives who professed to the Catholic faith gained the rights and advantages of Portuguese citizenship. The Portuguese even mandated intermarriage between Portuguese and native populations, a significant fact considering the French and British colonizers had passed ordinances against the very same practice in their colonies."More papers on Colonial Slavery:
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Colonial Slavery (2012, February 09). Retrieved February 12, 2012, from http://www.academon.com/Essay-Colonial-Slavery/49263
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"Colonial Slavery" 09 February 2012. Web. 12 Feb. 2012. <http://www.academon.com/Essay-Colonial-Slavery/49263>
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