Along his journey, he encounters a number of hypocritical and exasperating Europeans, pitiable natives, and a jungle that takes on a life force of its own. ... This selection is a very cynical comment on how Europeans performed in the Congo surrounded by disease, natives, and the jealous ambitions of their fellow Anglo-males. ... (Hampson XXX) Marlow's realization that the Europeans bringing light to the natives is not the case, but instead of bringing light into darkness as imperialism claims, the civilizing' mission actually uncovers the darkness' at its own heart. ...

• Word Count: 2001
• Approx Pages: 8
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Firstly, one of the main causes of conveying slaves to the new world is the dispute between opposing and competing groups of native Africans. ... Africans themselves captured Africans as slaves while fighting each other in return to get military technology. ... To move onto another important argument, Native Americans were inappropriate by means of demographic and physical attributes to labor as slaves. ... (Rietbergen, 1998) As well as being weaker physically, Native Americans "were unwilling to do plantation work and for various reasons were difficult to coerce. ... In short, a mixture of...

• Word Count: 1449
• Approx Pages: 6
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

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. ... Unfortunately for the Anglican ministers they did not have much success at this time and returned home bemoaning their failure to convert no more than a handful of slaves. ...

• Word Count: 2095
• Approx Pages: 8
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Arrowheads are reminders of the past, Native Americans used them centuries ago to survive. ... This shiny object covered in the black enamel of this meaningless world can be chiseled away and return it to its original value of meaning. ... The color in the post-apocalyptic world gives hope that the world can someday return to what it was, a vibrant color filled haven. ...

• Word Count: 1484
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: High School

The opportunity to find slaves in the Americas was nixed when many of the Native Americans died from the foreign European pioneers' diseases. ... After the slaves were traded for commodities such as textiles, gunpowder, and pearls, the ships then crossed the Atlantic, and returned to Europe with American agricultural exports such as tobacco, cotton and sugar (Slave Trade et. al. 2014, 2). ...

• Word Count: 1892
• Approx Pages: 8
• Has Bibliography

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. ...

• Word Count: 2251
• Approx Pages: 9
• Grade Level: High School