Effects Of Imperialism

During the years of 1880-1913s European empires started to expand into the unexplored land mass of Africa. The exploration of Africa started with Liberia and Ethiopia. Later on Africa would be carved between several major players which were the British, French, Portugal, Germany, Belgium, Italy, and Spain. Who were motivated by economical, and political supremacy over other European countries. The Europeans did this through the use of aggression, diplomatic pressure, military invasions, and eventually through the use of conquest and colonization.
The effects of imperialism are seen within Joseph Conard’s “Heart of Darkness” in which the effects of Imperialism are shown within Africa; while giving a clear . Imperialism helped many countries
Such as Maslow viewed “a nigger… Being beaten nearby. They said he had cause the fire in some way; be that as it may, he was screeching mot horribly” (Conrad, 92). It shows how colonizing used the natives for their own needs blaming them for everything that happened wrong, as well using them as slaves for their own personal benefits. The Europeans will never see the Africans as their equals as they will always be seen as second class citizens on their own land. They were viewed as being beast as they were seen as being “a black figure…[That had] horns-antelope horns…[It could have been] some sorcerer, some which-man, no doubt: it looked fiend-like enough” (Conrad, 142). The Europeans and especially Maslow view the Africans as being some type of beast, that they have to hunt down and get rid of. So that they could take over the land of the Africans, especially the land of the
My expeditions when we started from the coast numbered 300 colored people and fourteen Europeans. We returned with 3,000 trained black men and 300 Europeans. The first sum allowed me was $50,000 a year, but it has ended at something like $700,000 a year (Conrad, 208).
The Africans started to accept Europeans in some parts of Africa as they viewed it as being a better life for them and their families. As Africans were starting to get employed instead of doing forced labor and working as a slave. The Europeans also viewed hiring the Africans as keeping them at bay, while at the same time using them for their own benefits. On the other hand within Heart of Darkness does not show the negative aspects of Imperialism within Africa. Such as the loss of independence, slavery, disunity among Africans, exploitation of resources and deterioration of African culture. Such as the fact that through European imperialism many African would be subjected to centauries of slavery, while doing forced labor without any pay. If they disobeyed their white captors they were punished through whippings, starvation, and even to the extreme of getting their hands cut off to make an example of them. As well as the fact that they were forced to abandon their culture, while adopting western