Theslavetradeprovidedpoliticalpower,socialstandingandwealthforthechurch,Europeannation-states,NewWorldcoloniesandindividuals.
Since tobacco was big back then tons of people were able to make a living out of agriculture. People were successful in their fields could afford large anchors of land.
Approximatelyoneoutof10slaveshipsexperiencedresistance,rangingfromindividualdefiance(likerefusingtoeatorjumpingoverboard)tofull-blownmutiny
Enslaved people who refused to eat would suffer grave injuries. Slave hunters would beat them unconscious and chain them to a post where they would get whip.
Suicideattemptsweresocommonthatmanycaptainsplacednettingaroundtheirshipstopreventlossofhumancargoandthereforeprofit;
The reason many enslaved people jumped off the ship was because during the day they were given an x amount of time to roam the deck. Since slave hunters did not want their "merchandise" to rot away they allowed them a daily walk.
Queen Isabella invested in ChristopherColumbus’s exploration to increase her wealth and ultimatelyrejected the enslavement of Native Americans, claiming that theywere Spanish subjects.
Another reason Isabella and Ferdinand funded Columbu's voyage was to beat Portugal in finding a water route to Asia.
Enslaved people wereseen not as people at all but as commodities to be bought, sold andexploited.
The reason enslaved people were seen as merchandise was because they performed better in tasks: babysitting, cooking, and fieldwork.
Psalm 94.18, "When my foot slipped, thy mercy, O Lord, held me up."
Even though Rowlandson is tired and her body is starting to shut down, her will spirit continues to strive.
"There was a famine in Samaria, and behold they besieged it, until an ass's head was sold for four-score pieces of silver, and the fourth part of a cab of dove's dung for five pieces of silver" (2 Kings 6.25).
This text represents the Native's greed to be compensated in order to return Rowlandson to her husband.
Evidence:https://www.biblestudytools.com/commentaries/gills-exposition-of-the-bible/2-kings-6-25.html
Another thing that I would observe is the strange providence of God, in turning things about when the Indians was at the highest, and the English at the lowest.
This statement is ironic because wether the Natives or English were winning each party celebrated or mourned over events - who won or lost.
Now is the dreadful hour come, that I have often heard of (in time of war, as it was the case of others), but now mine eyes see it.
Rowlandon's narrative helps depict that a war has sprung out against Natives, but the reader is still unable to pinpoint which war.
Deut. 32.39. See now that I, even I am he, and there is no god with me, I kill and I make alive, I wound and I heal, neither is there any can deliver out of my hand.
Reference to Deuteronomy 32:39, which significances Christ's resurrection. Evidence: https://www.biblestudytools.com/commentaries/gills-exposition-of-the-bible/deuteronomy-32-39.html
Did you know? Contrary to popular belief, most educated Europeans in Columbus' day understood that the world was round, but they did not yet know that the Pacific Ocean existed.
Though there are many myths about Columbus thinking the world was flat, these accusations are false. In fact Columbus had believed the world was round, but he did not journey to "Asia" to prove this notion. Instead Columbus had set out on a journey to record the distance between the ocean and Spain before arriving to the "Indies."
For many, the holiday is a way of both honoring Columbus’ achievements and celebrating Italian-American heritage.
The reason Columbus day is heavily celebrated by Italians is due to the fact that the conquistador, Columbus was an Italian man living in Spain. He helped find a water route to "Asia" where he believed his crew and him had landed in the "Indies." However, years later many historians have advocated that Columbus had actually found "America" and is the first founder of our land.
European settlers brought a host of infectious diseases, including smallpox and influenza that decimated indigenous populations. Warfare between Native Americans and European colonists claimed many lives as well.
Thanks to the European settlers who ventured into the New World many Natives were killed off. At first when Europeans had settled into the New World they had contaminated Natives with their germs and later on used this tactic to reduce their numbers. Europeans even went as far as to gift Natives blankets that were rubbed against dead corpses so that the population would decline even faster.
In recent decades, Native Americans and other groups have protested the celebration of an event that resulted in the colonization of the Americas, the beginnings of the transatlantic slave trade and the deaths of millions from murder and disease.
Knowing how the Europeans and Spaniards treated the Natives, its no mystery why Natives disregard Columbus day. Though people celebrate Columbus for finding America, many individuals disregard the fact that indigenous people were treated badly. Columbus and his crew manipulated and forced Natives to worship Christianity. As well as enslave many tribes to do their bidding - mine for gold, give up women, satisfy their needs, and etc.
Later, while serving as the governor of Hispaniola, he allegedly imposed barbaric forms of punishment, including torture.
The reason Columbus and his crew would brutally mistreat Natives was to reduce their will spirit to fight and eliminate told accustoms. The objective of doing this was to break the Natives into submission so that Columbus and his crew could benefit - earning the king's respect.