BLOG #3
AFS 1010

   

    The idea of slavery is a despicable idea, one that brings about disgust to me. The notion that one human being feels more superior to another is absolutely outrageous.

The transporting of slaves from their mother land disrupting their lives and forcing these men, women and children to serve or be punished- sometimes killed if they do not comply is a heart breaking thought.

    The Trans-Atlantic Slave trade was not as smooth as the geniuses behind the idea of stealing other humans from their motherland and transporting them thousands of miles away with the notion of reaping a profit off of them. The transport was not well thought out because of the many lives that were lost between being stolen from their home due to diseases, starvation and other violent acts that took place when a group of people are forced to occupy close quarters "about 11.5 million human beings were forced to leave Africa and about 9.5 million reached the Americas"(chapter 4 page 77). The training of the individuals to succumb to the ways of the new world in which they were thrust into, was one that was taken for granted and not expected would to be as hard to train these individuals, due to language barriers and due to coming from a different culture that did not have the same beliefs or practices. Although the African culture proved to be quite adaptable in the New World "Africans were sought to work on similar undertakings in the Americas over Amerindians and immigrant Europeans because of their unique adaptability."(Chapter 4 page 78).

    The impact of slavery in Africa was one that caused division among many of the ethnic groups. The trickery of trading commodities such as iron bars, gold dust was used as payment to have the abduction of individuals from other rivalry villages. Also many were listed as criminals and were given to the slave abductors as punishment.

There was no limit as to what would be done in order to fill the order of humans needed to work the fields in America.

    There was no shame as to what level would be practiced in order to get the Africans transported to America for the sake of serving the over privileged non deserving individuals who were upheld as regal in the eyes of the thieves who stole much innocence in a blink of an eye, without any remorse.