Portugal Unlike England was very small in native population and discouraged people from settling there. ... The native population was too weak to do the type of hard labor that the settlers wanted them to do. ... The Dutch Then began to enslave more natives to work these mines. ... The English employed many natives to fight in the war. ... The English did not keep there promises to the native population and instead only saw strength in white unity. ...

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There they were superior and made laws which discriminated the native African population. Because of this, the Kenyans formed political groups whose intention was return of their land. ... He went to Britain and presented the idea of the Kenya Africa Union, which wanted the black people in Kenya to acquire power and jobs in the government, and the lands that were colonized to be returned. ...

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Olaudah Equiano, also known as Gustavas Vassa, was born in Guinea, Africa in 1745. His birth-name was Essaka and he was the son of an Ibo chieftain. Equiano was the youngest son of seven kids, six boys and one girl. As a child he enjoyed spending time with his mother, whom he was very fond of. ...

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He forced the native people to work under cruel conditions in his rubber plants. ... When he died in 1873, most of his body was returned to England, but Livingstone's many friends buried his heart in Africa. ...

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It gave white settlers living in Kenya what they wanted also after the war (world war II) in 1945 Kenyans who had fought during the war returned, they were not satisfied with the return to substandard condition in Kenya. ... This is because there was now a younger generation who were raised with nationalism and their land had been taken from them without the native's having a say. ...

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The same idea of de-humanization of the Africans is present throughout Heart of Darkness as well, where the natives of the Congo are repeatedly called "savages." ... In Heart of Darkness Kurtz had hundreds of Africans working for him bringing in ivory and these people got nothing in return but terror. ...

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