THORTON ON RELIGION Religion was created because every one does not worship in the same way. ... What is religion? ... When different lands and continents were discovered by conquerors, they came upon the natives of these islands and place who had a much different way of worship than they did. There were stone gods or idols that these natives prayed to. ... Thornton express knowledge of the afro - american culture using the Santeria of Cuba, Cuba is a spanish caribbean island. ...

• Word Count: 1957
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The Gender Construction of Women in Early America Life was difficult in the early colonization of North America by the Europeans. ... All three of these cultures believed in different religions, held different values, and allocated different responsibilities among the sexes. ... In most of the Native American cultures, women were valued beings. ... Besides religion and one's family, gender is also constructed by society and those who are in power, which in this social order was men. ... As in the Native American culture, in most West African societies it was the women who dominate...

• Word Count: 2256
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North American slaves lived together in buildings near to their place of work. ... By setting aside their forced leaving of their native Africa the slaves emerged with new identities with local roots but all based on their strong cultural belief and need for kinship. ... RELIGION: Obeah viewed by whites" as a superstition was a form of slave religion a powerful facet of African culture transplanted to America. ... Like America, slave religion in the Caribbean shared a great deal of the same features. ... Like America the Caribbean h...

• Word Count: 2095
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Enslaved African Americans developed a sense of racial identity. ... Yet through, storytelling, religion and music African Americans managed to preserve their culture. ... Religion and life Away from the view of owners and overseers, slaves lived their own lives. ... Religion served as a second refuge. In the colonial period, African slaves usually clung to their native religions, and many slave owners were suspicious of others who sought to convert their slaves to Christianity, in part because they feared that converted slaves would have to be freed. ...

• Word Count: 2002
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The spice trade started as soon as Christopher Columbus explored the Atlantic Ocean and found the Americas. ... The native Indians had many food products before the Spanish and Europeans came over to explore the Islands. The native Indians made a lot of stews out of goats which was the main animal on the islands before the exploration age started and vegetables like tomatoes which was one of the main vegetables on the land. ... The main religion in the Caribbean islands is Christianity but there are still many different religions that are in the islands. ... When the exploration era occurred a...

• Word Count: 1643
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Because Africans were both accessible and used to the tropical climate, they became the staple for American slave labor. ... The treatment of slaves varied across religions. ... The opportunity to find slaves in the Americas was nixed when many of the Native Americans died from the foreign European pioneers' diseases. ... Slaves were transported from Africa to the Americas in a complicated process. The triangular trade route, called the transatlantic slave trade, connected the Americas, Europe and Africa. ...

• Word Count: 1892
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Whereas, India had social issues such as famine and Latin America did not have the land capacity for the colonial powers to invest. ... Not only did the colonial state provide a simpler way of understanding identity, the colonial state provided religion and schooling systems in order to conduct the behavior of the colonized subjects. ... In the light of this, African customs, religion, language, heritage and way of life was discouraged. ... " 4 It is clear to see the Colonial thinking of superiority and dominance in the name of religion. ... Evidence which was illustrated previously s...

• Word Count: 2491
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate