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    Name: Nell Mooney Student No: 14872628 Essay Question: Give and explain three reasons why African slaves were brought to North America before American independence in 1776? Word Count: 1630 Depleted land in Barbados forced planters and slaves to establish new sugar plantations in the southern states of North America. With this move came the discovery of an untouched and fertile continent ripe for colonisation. European nations raced to secure a piece of the new world. This new land

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    grains. A popular grain dish is couscous. It consists of grains made from semolina. Just as food is a big part of culture and heritage‚ it is not limited solely to food. Most cultures use objects to symbolize what their culture represents. In African American culture‚ the arts‚ literature‚ agricultural skills‚ food‚ music‚ language‚ and clothing styles have been contributed and passed down to the descendants by the first generation

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    Fold in History 3393: African American History. However‚ historical texts still maintain a certain factual tone and/or include statistical data regardless of any personal relevance to the author’s life. English and literature courses present characters and their stories for a reader to become invested in‚ all while being set in or taking place

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    Healthful Eating Habits of African Americans Nathan L. Smith COM 150 Effective Essay Writing September 19‚ 2010 Instructor: Raechell Garrett America is an overweight nation with many being considered obese; African Americans in particular‚ make up a considerable fraction of the population due mainly to culturally poor eating habits and inactive lifestyles. The latest Gallup-Healthways well-being Index survey shows that up to 63.1% of the US population was overweight or obese in 2009. That

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    later she renamed it “The Oprah Winfrey Show”. Oprah’s popularity eventually skyrocketed and the show won several emmys for the best talk show‚ and Oprah was honored as the best talk show host. Today she’s known as one of the wealthiest women in America and is the highest paid entertainer in the

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    In the short story Pot of Gold by Cheryl Albury she explores the dynamics of friendship‚ family and the limits one will go to in the name of love . In the story A man by the name of Jacob is on the verge of freedom. He reminisces about his prior years in prison‚ his family and his best friend and former jail mate Cyril. Jacob and his group of friends‚ including Cyril would spend their Saturday nights at “endurance café” drinking rum and sharing jokes. One night‚ Cyril proposed an offer to Jacob at

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    African-American Vernacular English originated in the slave plantations of the American South‚ and it shares a number of phonological and grammatical features with Southern dialects of American English ( Nordquist‚ Richard). Contributing to the evolution of American English was the migration of blacks from the South after the Civil War to urban areas of the North. They took their Southern

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    Many styles of these ideas that exist today are because they had inherited themselves into the backbone of the United States‚ African Americans and their ideas‚ beliefs‚ and inventions did contribute to what has shaped the United States into what it is today. Religion was a part of the African history. Their original religious practice was animism‚ or the belief of spirits‚ but at the time of slavery and trade‚ Christianity and Muslimism was becoming fairly

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    each one is different because of certain characteristics that help to make that genre stand apart from all the others. One of these genres is Jazz. Jazz is a type of music that was created mainly by black Americans during the early twentieth century‚ and is a combination of American and African tribal music. There are many different characteristics that set Jazz apart from every other kind of music‚ but there are three main distinctions; the first is its particular combination of rhythm‚ melody and

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    The Evolution of African Americans in the Military The Evolution of African Americans in the Military Throughout the history of the United States‚ citizens of every race and ethnicity have answered the call to duty in order to defend the democratic ideals this great nation was founded upon. More so than any American war‚ World War II is thought of as the greatest American war‚ which pitted the “shinning light” of democracy against the looming shadow of the Axis powers which covered all of Europe

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