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"On Being Brought from Africa to America" by Phillis Wheatley is considered a powerful poem because it challenges the prevailing stereotype of Africans being inferior. Wheatley uses her own experience as a slave to confront the hypocrisy of being brought to a Christian nation for salvation while her own people are oppressed. The poem gives voice to the complexities of identity and belief in the context of slavery.
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Why were slaves brought from Africa?
They brought slaves to America and from Africa because they wanted people to work on the plantations. they chose Africans because they believed that we were evil, only because every thing black in our culture is bad; goths (no offence), funerals, and such as. But everything white in our culture is good; weddings, angels, clouds, and such as.
What was the route of african slaves?
From Europe, they brought textiles, run and manufactured good to Africa. From Africa, they bought slaves or simply took people and made them slaves, and brought them to the Americas. From the Americas, the Europeans brought back the sugar, tobacco and cotton.
Was the colonization of Africa good or bad for Africa?
Yes, it was good for Africa because they were group of savages before the Europeans came and colonized the Africans. The Europeans brought wealth, religion and civilization to the Dark Continent.
What is cape of the good hope in America?
The Cape of Good Hope - is the southern tip of South Africa !
How is the world cup good for South Africa?
It brought a lot of money, from tourists, and many got work.
What good things did slavery bring to America?
it brought MONEY.and i am fighting against slavery it is unfair.
The Atlantic Ocean touches what five contients?
Actually it touches four continents Europe touches the North Atlantic Ocean North America touches the North Atlantic Ocean South America touches the South Atlantic Ocean Africa touches both the North Atlantic Ocean and the South Atlantic Ocean HAVE A GOOD DAY
Why Africa is called a hunting country?
Because all the lifeforms that exist it Africa are only good for being shot at.
What will happen to Africa in the future?
There are many positive indications that the future is in Africa. Africa has immense potential and natural resources that are not being put in good use. With good governance the future is definitely bright.
Has the World Cup 2010 been good for South Africa?
Yes, it has brought South Africa a lot of revenue and foreign investors from all over the world. It has also put South Africa on the map in terms of a holiday destination.
What year did the first slave ship sail from Africa?
In 1441, the first slaves were brought to Portugal from northern Mauritania. ... By the year 1552 black African slaves made up 10 percent of the population of Lisbon. ... to the colonies in the British West Indies and British America. By the late 1500s slaves from Africa were brought to north America (Scientific American).
It was good or bad christopher Columbus found north America?
One could argue that all discovery is good, but at the same time, Columbus and other explorers brought diseases to north America that nearly wiped out the natives there. This is subjective.
