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    The Atlantic slave trade began in the sixteenth century and was abolished in the British Empire in the early nineteenth century. During four centuries American and Europeans nations obtained enslaved people from African slave-traders (although some were captured by Europeans slave traders). Born in Guyana in 1950‚ author and poet Grace Nichols moved into England in 1977 where she has compiled several books of poetry‚ many of which discuss the slave trade. Her poem “taint” is an illustration of her

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    The Dark Ages of Europe were called such for several reasons. One of the more notorious reasons was the state of the Catholic Church. In the years before the Reformation‚ members of the Catholic clergy had reached an all time low in terms of their morality. The abuses of clerical power and privileges by the medieval clergy spanned all parts of their daily lives. Members of the Catholic clergy were financially‚ politically and socially corrupt. Each of these corruptions made up the enormous religious

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    Triangular trade‚ or triangle trade‚ is a historical term indicating trade among three ports or regions. Triangular trade usually evolves when a region has export commodities that are not required in the region from which its major imports come. Triangular trade thus provides a method for rectifying trade imbalances between these regions.Atlantic triangular slave trade Diagram illustrating the stowage of African slaves on a British slave ship. Depiction of the Triangular Trade of slaves‚ sugar

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    This essay seeks to ascertain the extent to which the earliest people of the region are still considered the ‘Caribs’ and ‘Arawaks’ rather than the ‘Neoindians’. However‚ no discourse on the significance of these names can be engaged in without mention being made of the name‚ Christopher Columbus. Columbus was a Genoese adventurer who believed that by sailing west he could find Asia or the Indies and great wealth in the form of gold. This led to at least four expeditions into the ‘New World’. For

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    Why does a society require truth to function well? Truth is not always easy to find. Likewise in the medieval period‚ truth was overpowered by corruption. Similarly in the literature of the mediaeval period‚ Piers Plowman‚ The Canterbury Tales and Sir Gawain and the Green Knight‚ one can find some examples of truth overpowered by corruption. Therefore‚ truth is concealed by falsehood and is only reveled through the words of the authors of these works. In Piers Plowman‚ the church is corrupted because

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    vehicle to transport someone to a "higher spiritual plane". Chaucer first starts exposing the corruption straight from the prologue. Regarding the Nun‚ Chaucer explains her interest in jewelry and looking exquisite "She wore a coral trinket on her arm‚ a set of beads‚ the gaudies trickled in green‚ Whence hung a golden brooch of brighteset sheen" (Prologue). Concerning the Monk‚ It is written how highly he valued hunting and horses over spirituality "Who rode the country; hunting was his sport" (Prologue)

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    exchange for those goods which were scarce in their own region. The raw materials and natural resources such as sugar‚ tobacco‚ rice and cotton that were found in the 13 colonies. Ships from England would go to Africa carrying iron products‚ cloth‚ trinketsbeads‚ and guns. The ships traded these goods for slaves‚ gold and spices such as pepper. Then ships from Africa would go to the American Colonies using the Middle Passage. The slaves were exchanged for goods from the Americas‚ destined for the slave

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    Your accessories should be appropriate to the occasion‚ your age‚ and to the company and which they are worn. * Be certain that you do not rattle when you move because of an arm loaded with too many bracelet or a neck or chest armoured with beads and trinkets. * Day and night call for different accessories. * Avoid ostentation‚ especially the wearing of expensive jewelry in groups where others do not have or do not wear it. * After you have it all together‚ take a final glance in the

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    Pocahontas Many people have seen or heard of the Disney film production Pocahontas. For those that believe the film’s accuracy to be completely and utterly valid‚ it is simply not the case. Disney’s Pocahontas holds some truth‚ but more fiction than anything else. The aim of this paper is to separate fact from fiction‚ based on the testimony from Captain John Smith himself‚ the Powhatan Nation‚ as well as interpretations from other historians on the true events that took place and shaped

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