Chapter One ANALYSIS OF THE CONCEPT OF CASTE It seems necessary at the outset to point out the specific features of the caste system, in order more clearly to bring out the difference in social structure which has always existed between Europe and Africa. The originality of the system resides i...
Henry wanted to find a water route to India. The passage to India over land was long, slow, and dangerous. ... In 1499, Vasco da Gama was the first sailor to travel from Portugal to India. Just a few years earlier, Queen Isabella of Spain hired a sailor from Genoa to reach India by sailing west. It wasn't until years later that anyone understood that the "Indians" he encountered weren't from India after all. ...
With hopes of discovering rich gold and silver mines, a northwest passage to the continent to Asia, a cure for syphilis and other valuable products for sale in Europe they sailed into the Atlantic (Murrin, 59). ... At the same time, the Dutch claimed the Delaware, the Hudson, and the Connecticut River valleys (Murin, 53); with such strongholds, the Dutch West India Company controlled much of the slave trades in the Americas. ... They were simply considered as new settlers, who happened to be of African decent, and they worked for a period to pay for their passage to the new world. ...
In the Islami world, the beliefs are totally different than that of the western religions.In India the belief stems from a person who became so enlightened when he sat under a puoi tree, he was able to remain on earth and teach others to become more like him or more God like. In certain parts of India for instance, the belief is based on the actions of your previous lives. ... The area of itself is totally populated by black spanish decendants.footnote) The fact that the priest were present at the coast to aid te slaves with their long voyage through the middle passage, sho...
In areas such as India where Hinduism reigned, slaves were almost equivalent to a citizen status, many being merchants, seafarers, clerics, bodyguards, and even bureaucrats. ... During this time, empires ruled as the discovery of gold and other precious materials as well as various new innovations occurred across Europe, Africa, India and other countries. ... Oftentimes captives experienced a majority of the year in the shipment process, the actual crossing of the Middle Passage taking 2-3 months, and accumulation of slaves on board taking a varying number of weeks (Gomez 2005, 74). ...
