This was true for the three minority groups in the late 1800's-women, Native Americans, and emancipated slaves. ... The slaves are similar to the animal because they always had what was needed, and then they had nothing, which brought them great suffering, but they, like the animal, never wanted to return to the cage. ... The whites had confused them, and tricked them into giving them the Native's land. ... Native Americans in the 1800's wanted peace and preservation, but instead they got war. ... As a result of the incorrect stereotypes, Native Americans faced many diffi...

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This is all because the Native Americans began to die out due to European disease. ... The slaves tried to defend themselves by planning attacks on the white people in order to kill them, and then return back to their tribes. ...

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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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Free Blacks, Whites, Native Americans and former slaves served as conductors by aiding fugitive slaves to their freedom. ... Harriet later returned at least 19 times other during her life to help over 300 slaves escape. ...

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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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When Prospero first comes to the island, he is kind to Caliban, and in return, Caliban shows him the secrets of the island. ... This trend is also seen in the numerous accounts of European settlers voyaging to the New World and capturing the natives to use them as slaves. ... Prospero's argument is that he tries to educate Caliban and to help him, but in return, Caliban tries to take advantage of his daughter. ...

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Introduction The Middle Passage is the crossing of the Ocean from Africa to America of African people, who passed from the state of liberty to the state of slavery, and took place between the XVI and XIX centuries. They were captured from the tribes situated on Africa's West Coast: Nigeria, Ivory Coast, Cameroon, Congo, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Senegal, etc. and they were shipped in the southern area of North America (Alabama, Mississippi, Georgia, South Carolina, Florida). The Diaspora gives birth to a new human being: the African American, who links together the African and the Ame...

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In 1705, Virginia passed another set of laws that declared that all servants who were not Christians in their native lands would be slaves for life. ... The Southerners had a way to oppress these slaves also, The Fugitive Slave Act of 1850 made it a federal crime to aid, embed or not return any fugitive slave. ... Many blacks were returned to slavery by slave catchers. ...

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Jessie asked one of the sailors where was he going and the sailor told him they are going to go on a voyage to Africa, he then asked when will he return home and he said if he is lucky he"ll be back in four months. ... He watched them wondering what they were thinking, being taken away from their tribal homes, put on a ship surrounded by water not knowing where they were headed and if they were ever going to return home. ... A man that spoke Ras's native language came a few days later and told him about going north. ...

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As early as 1680 the majority of the slave population was native-born. ... They found that the rates of return on a slave were quite high and that holding slaves was quite profitable. The average rate of return of a male or female slave was about the same, around ten percent. ... This was a blow to all the theories that slavery was unprofitable and that slaves had low rates of return. It also showed that the rates of return were higher and not below that of alternative investments. ...

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In chapter one we are taken back to 1492 New England to see the day to day lives of two very prominent and influential Native American tribes. ... In return the servant would give his master four to five years of hard work, while this was happening the servant was given food and shelter. ...

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"Cortés pointed out that the land was fruitful, rich in gold, and that the chief and all the natives seemed to bear us good will; Being united in public assembly we agreed to write to your Majesties sending them all the gold, silver and jewels which we have obtained in this country."" This was a piece of a letter to Governor Vela¡zquez from Cortés justifying his actions on not following the Governor's instructions, which was to find as much gold as possible by bartering with the natives. Cortés felt that there was much more to explore in Mexico and decided not t...

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Hawaiian prostitutes ("most lower class woman from San Francisco )(58) often left the lifestyle after only a few months after which time they were not allowed to return(59). So you The significant of women during the WWII can imagine how these Hawaiian girl felt and this was their native home were there family where they can not live. ...

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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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The household slave was much better off than the native Egyptian peasant (Wilson 1963). ... If they were caught, the local magistrate would imprison the runaway slave or subjected too hard labor in the mines, awaiting return of his owner. ...

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