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Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade, 2002.
Explores the origin and ending of the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade to the British Colonies in the Caribbean.
1,400 words (approx. 5.6 pages), 4 sources, $ 53.95
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Although the British credited themselves with ending the practice of slave trading, Great Britain transported more slaves than any other country and forever altered the demographics of the Caribbean Islands. By the time slavery was abolished, the original Indian population had vanished. The vast majority of the population consisted of African ex-slaves.
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The Effects of the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade, 2002.
Examines the cultural effects of the mass deportation of slaves from Africa to the European colonies.
1,064 words (approx. 4.3 pages), 4 sources, MLA, $ 37.95
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Slavery resulted in the deportation of between eight and 10.5 million people over the course of over 200 years. Countries affected included Gambia, Ghana, Senegal, Benin, Mauritania, Nigeria, Ivory Coast and Cameroon, as these were the locations of European slave forts operated by the Dutch, British, French, and Portuguese. This paper looks at the cultural effects of this trade on the African countries, some of them which may be considered positive. It covers several issues including the introduction of Christianity to Africa, the economic prosperity of countries from which slaves were taken and the rise in literacy in these countries.
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"Areas that were involved in the European slave trade eventually prospered, as they developed commercial ties with the west, while those that profited from the traditional Arab slave trade in Eastern Africa declined alongside the Ottoman Empire. The biggest material difference between areas in which the slavery of Africans by Europeans predominated and other areas is that the former areas were early to adopt Christianity, which continues to divide some countries such as Ivory Coast and Nigeria as these coastal Christians clash with inland Muslims. It could be said that slavery caused Africans to develop a negative opinion of whites, but this would be the case only in that such a negative relationship complemented the latter, more pervasive one: colonialization. Whereas the Arabs, Turks, and Egyptians had practiced slavery in Africa for a much longer period of time, the slavery of Africans by whites was best understood as a precedent for the context in which Europeans would engage in relationships with Africans: as a stronger, alien culture with a history of conquest."
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The Atlantic Slave Trade, 2002.
Presents the issue of the four hundred year trans-Atlantic slave trade from an Afrocentric perspective.
2,356 words (approx. 9.4 pages), 11 sources, MLA, $ 72.95
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The Portuguese arrival on the Gold Coast of Africa in 1439 brought the beginnings of the Atlantic Slave Trade, subjecting the continent to four centuries of depredation. The paper argues that the intensity of the suffering endured by the African people should be described nothing short of a Holocaust. By examining tragic facts in the form of tables, this paper analyzes the Atlantic Slave Trade from an Afrocentric point of view rather than from either a Eurocentric or even Africanist perspective. In other words, this paper makes little or no apology for presenting material from an African perspective or for identifying emotionally with African history. Instead the paper "presents an insider's perspective which more overtly embraces an African identity."
Paper Outline:
From Harmony to Holocaust
Africanist vs. Afrocentric Point of View
The Effect of the Atlantic Slave Trade on African Culture (in General)
The Effect of the Atlantic Slave Trade on Specific African Cultures
African Complicity?
The Problem Remains the Same
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"The observations made by Tunde Obadina above are echoed in "The Maafa: A Holocaust of Greed." In this reading, the situation on the African continent resulting from the slave trade is described as one of pure chaos. Kingdoms would rise and fall depending on how well they filled the individual ?slave-quotas? dictated by the Europeans. Cultural continuity was almost a contradiction in terms as established groups would pass from the scene in quick succession, one after the other. So to ask if the African cultures were affected by the slave trade is go about understanding this situation in completely the wrong way. The effect was a given. Better to ask exactly how much damage was done to African culture as a result of the trade in Africans. This much is clear, the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade was "an event which destroyed peoples and whole cultures, an event which would destabilize a continent, changing it forever.""
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The Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade from 15th To 19th Century, 1994.
This research will focus on the Trans-Atlantic slave trade from its inception in the fifteen century, to the nineteenth century when it ended: Historical, social and economic reasons for European and African participation and their inability to see slaver
1,575 words (approx. 6.3 pages), 7 sources, $ 55.95
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"This research will focus on the Trans-Atlantic slave trade from its inception in the fifteen century, to the nineteenth century when it ended. While contemporary society views slavery as an abhorrent institution, it is the hypothesis of this research that Africans and Europeans of this earlier period did not believe slavery was evil, because all people at that time experienced some form of ownership over them. A European wife was owned by her husband, an African was owned by his lineage, and some slaves in Africa were more powerful than free men--becoming rich and owning slaves themselves.
Slavery is as old as mankind. There was never a time recorded when the institution of slavery did not exist. The securing of slaves by force, whether in war or peace, was a common practice in past eras. Even the tribal ... "
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Africa and the Atlantic Slave Trade, 2006.
A review of the Atlantic slave trade from Africa to America.
1,350 words (approx. 5.4 pages), 4 sources, $ 53.95
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This paper discusses how history has traditionally taught students that the Atlantic slave trade was about the capture and torture of African people by Europeans and Americans over a 400-year period. The involvement of the African people in the sale of their own citizens to slave traders has only been explored in the last few decades. The paper further discusses how this is perhaps due to the fact that the realization that a nation would sell its own people in exchange for goods is almost unfathomable; yet, it is a realistic fact of the Atlantic slave trade. The reasons behind Africa's involvement in this manner include economics, fear and a struggle for power. Although some historians contend that these reasons expressed monumental concerns of the rulers of Africa, it is also apparent that not all rulers of the regions believed that selling their citizens was a just course for the nation.
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The Atlantic Slave Trade, 2006.
This paper studies the demographic difficulties of researching the Atlantic Slave Trade.
1,350 words (approx. 5.4 pages), 6 sources, $ 53.95
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The paper explores the historical uncertainty and explains that despite this, researchers and historians have grasped upon incomplete and historically narrow bits of evidence to support claims of the demographic effect (or lack thereof) of the Atlantic slave trade. This essay examines some of the difficulties associated with the demographic study of the Atlantic slave trade.
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"Despite being centuries old, much controversy still surrounds the study of the Atlantic slave trade. The trade occurred between the mid 15th century and the late 19th century (Manning 835). During this period, large numbers of Africans were imported to other parts of the world, particularly the Americas, where they served as a slave labor force in the plantation economies of the region. While study of this period seems to be a straightforward proposition, in reality there are difficulties. From a demographic perspective, it is entirely unclear exactly how many Africans were taken as slaves as part of the trade. It is also uncertain how many slaves made it to their destination alive."
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The Atlantic Slave Trade: Dispelling the Myth, 2002.
A discussion on how the Atlantic slave trade had its roots in African society as well as European.
2,400 words (approx. 9.6 pages), 7 sources, $ 89.95
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This paper argues that it was not solely the Europeans who began the Atlantic slave trade. African society, at the time of first contact with Portugal, already had an active slave system. The rulers of this time needed no persuasion to export their people. However, the rulers did have laws as to who could or could not be traded; it was the breaking of these laws that finally made the trade illegal in Africa.
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Personal Perspectives and the Atlantic Slave Trade, 2006.
A new and different perspective on the Atlantic slave trade.
675 words (approx. 2.7 pages), 1 source, $ 26.95
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This paper discusses the personal perspective of the Atlantic slave trade. The paper discusses how the readers' previous beliefs were significantly altered because the facts that were presented, implicated Africa as a factor in the business of selling human lives. Traditionally students are taught that all citizens of Africa were victims in the slave trade and that the barbaric treatment that millions of Africans experienced was because of the actions of Europeans and Americans greedy for prosperity at any cost. The paper discusses how this historical ideology may be prevalent throughout society, but it is not completely factual. Additionally, it was difficult to accept the fact that individuals throughout Africa would allow the slave trade to continue, despite the fact that their fellow countrymen were being adversely affected.
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North Atlantic Slave Trade, 2003.
An overview of the North Atlantic slave trade based on the Hine, Hine, and Harrold's textbook, "The African-American Odyssey."
1,193 words (approx. 4.8 pages), 1 source, MLA, $ 40.95
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The paper discusses the ways in which advances in navigation and technology coincided with the age of exploration and the politics of expansion, resulting in the North Atlantic slave trade. Includes a discussion of the triangular trade commerce cycle that developed between Europe, the North American colonies, and West Africa, and the deplorable conditions that existed on the ships.
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"The seeds of the North American slave trade were planted when technology, politics, and the necessity of economic expansion combined to see the birth of the age of exploration in the 15th century. Advances in navigation and sailing gave real promise to the desires of explorers who sought unchartered routes to riches for their nations, and their rulers funded their excursions as a way to increase commerce and their land holdings. However, the slave-trading that was crucial to the success of these endeavors was eventually abolished as a result of the success it spurred."
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Atlantic Slave Systems and the British Industrial Revolution, 2000.
An exploration of the relative importance of the Atlantic trade in slaves and sugar to the British Industrial Revolution.
2,636 words (approx. 10.5 pages), 6 sources, MLA, $ 79.95
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This paper examines the work of prominent historians on the subject of British industrialization and the Atlantic trade in African slaves and goods such as sugar. It explores several different theories as to whether the Atlantic trade was a causal factor in industrialization or whether Britain could have industrialized without it.
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"The onset of the age of industry, which began in late eighteenth century Britain, has been attributed to a variety of causes, such as an increase in dietary nutrition, a population explosion, increases in technology, changes in agriculture, and large coal and iron reserves. Another perspective is that the Atlantic trade (and specifically the trade in African slaves and sugar) also fueled the British industrial revolution. This last theory, however, has proved contentious. This paper will examine the positions of several authors, both in support of and against the theory."
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Writing the Atlantic Slave Trade., 2002.
Discusses the methods of perspective relating to the history and narrative of the Atlantic slave trade.
3,525 words (approx. 14.1 pages), 9 sources, $ 129.95
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This paper traces the shifting value systems that have composed the history of the slave trade; this is, therefore, not specifically about the events that occurred during the activity of capitalism and slavery, geographies and cultures. It is about the texts, reading the narratives as methods for writing about history. As such, this paper considers history as a history of its own invention, through the differently constructed narrative accounts that reflect changing social and cultural value systems and how these have been written in-relation to the activities of the slave trade.
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The Atlantic Slave Trade, 2002.
This paper studies the reign of two African rulers, King Afonso I and Queen Njinga Mbande, showing that all the slave trade began with the consent of African rulers.
2,228 words (approx. 8.9 pages), 7 sources, $ 69.95
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The writer asserts that the slave trade from Africa to Europe was not possible without the aid of African leaders. The paper looks to prove that African leaders clearly participated voluntarily in the slave trade and that it wasn?t until the reign of and King Garcia II that the slave trade became an illegal trade in Africa.
Table of Contents:
Introduction
Slaves and Social Structure
King Afonso
Queen Njinga Mbande
King Garcia II
Conclusion
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"The slave structure that was in existence when Alfonso opened his country to Portugal was a transformation of an established social class. The jonya system which existed in the Western portion of Africa established a class of people in society that was part of a lineage and socio-political category that was part of the ruling class. In essence, they were captives belonging to the royal and were not transferable. Eventually, with the outside influence of Muslims and Christians, this system was replaces with the slave system in which the individual?s ownership was transferable (Ogot 15-16)."
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Atlantic Canadian Immigration, 2007.
This paper discuses the problems with attracting and retaining immigrates to Atlantic Canada.
1,180 words (approx. 4.7 pages), 4 sources, APA, $ 40.95
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This paper explains that immigration to Atlantic Canada is important because Canadian immigrants stimulate economic activity through a strong work ethic based on previous experience and, in most cases, university training. The author points out that Canadian immigrants are mostly entrepreneurs of considerable wealth who are willing to invest in the Canadian economy and start their own business. The paper states that Atlantic Canada has a dominant white, poor population owing to a lack of immigration, which is usually non-white. The author stresses that the major stumbling block for immigration to Atlantic Canada is the lack of economic opportunity. The paper concludes that, especially for Atlantic Canada, immigration laws need to focus on making immigration swift and simple and on long-term settlement once immigration has occurred.
Table of Contents:
Introduction
Poor Immigration Levels
Reasons behind Low Immigration Levels
Using the Law of Immigration to Promote Atlantic Canadian Economic Prosperity
Conclusion
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"Atlantic Canada has so little immigration to Canada that the region was not even mentioned once in the body of Statistic Canada's 2004 immigration report. However, a glance over the report's appendix highlights the real inadequacy of Atlantic Canada's immigration problem: for example, only 2.1 percent of Halifax's population constituted "new arrival" status, compared to Toronto's 17.3 percent figure. The lack of immigration to Atlantic Canada is notable upon observation of population levels of Canada's more popular cities. For example, the populations of Newfoundland, Nova Scotia and New Brunswick have defied national trends and even decreased over the last five years."
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The Slave Trade, 2002.
This paper analyzes the history and development of the Atlantic slave trade.
2,230 words (approx. 8.9 pages), 4 sources, $ 69.95
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This paper examines the development of slavery and the slave trade in the New World. It points out when and why it developed, why slaves were particularly used as a labor force along with why Africans were used. Finally the paper explains if there was any possibility of resistance.
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"Slavery can be defined as a condition in which human beings are owned by others as chattels. Slavery existed from the earliest times. In ancient Greece and Rome captives from conquered lands were the chief source of slaves who often had special skills, were well treated and could also be freed. The condition of slaves in later Roman times greatly worsened until the deteriorating economy led to the virtual disappearance of slaves and the emergence of serfs in Middle Ages. Slaving became a lucrative business in the sixteenth century when the European traders began to transport thousands of Africans to the Americas."
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Economic Development in Canada's Atlantic Provinces, 2002.
Study of the economic history and early development of the Atlantic Provinces of Canada with references to Staple theory.
3,650 words (approx. 14.6 pages), 15 sources, $ 133.95
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The pre-1850 economic history of the Atlantic Provinces of Canada is discussed with ample reference to Staple theory. It is argued that the early experience of Atlantic Canada contrasted markedly with more often analyzed realities in central and Western Canada. Regular mention is made of how the differing early development of the Atlantic Provinces can be seen as extending into patterns of the present.
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