Set in the palaces and boardrooms of Europe and in the villages of central Africa, it tells the story of the tragedy that took place during Leopold's so called rule, a tragedy that is so familiar to African-Americans, being told of our African brothers residing in the homeland. ... As Morel watched the shipments arrive he noticed something, a great amount of ivory and rubber were being transported into Belgium but nothing was being taken out, as the book states: "There is no trade going on here. ... There is something very modern about that too, as there is about the bomber pilot in the s...

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Aphra Behn lived through what has been called by many as "the most conflict-ridden period in British history" [ CITATION Ken l 1033 ]. ... An example of this stems from a scene in the book where Prince Oroonoko stands amongst all of the slaves looking just as them and wearing the same clothing, yet people still treat him as a person of power [ CITATION Ken l 1033 ]. ... The Rover focuses on the sexual desires that limited Behn's gender to convents, brothels, or homes and the societal double standard that presented itself during this time [ CITATION Goo10 l 1033 ]. ... The only t...

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The originality of the system resides in the fact that the dynamic elements of society, whose discontent might have engendered revolution, are really satisfied with their social condition and do not seek to change it: a man of so- called "inferior caste" would categorically refuse to enter a so- called "superior" one. 1 In Africa, it is not rare for members of the lower caste to refuse to enter into conjugal relations with those of the higher caste, even though the reverse would seem more normal. ...

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The transatlantic or 'triangular trade' as it was so called due to its progression over the course of three major steps. ... It is estimated that between 25 and 30 million people, were taken from their homes and sold into a life of slavery. ... James in his book "The Black Jacobins" when he stated "in 1789 the French West Indian Colony of San Domingo supplied almost two-thirds of the overseas trade for the nation.... In Eric Williams' book "Capitalism and Slavery" he looked at the relationship between the slave trade and the boom in Britain's poli...

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When one refers to the eighteenth century, however, he must realize that there were many major cultural, religious, and moral differences between colonial Americans of different regions of the newly discovered land we now call the United States of America. ... The hired workers however, did not live with the farmers, because the trend of the Middle region was to engage in a nuclear family, that being only the close kin living with one another in a single home. ...

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