Blog #10

Chapter 16 (798-811); Documents (812-825)

European countries and the Americas – looking to end slavery (except for the Southern states of the United States).  Why does West Africa still want slavery?  Because of how much the slaves are worth on the trade market and they supplied thousands. There was a huge decrease in slaves traded which meant the amount of money received for them went way down as well.  West and East Africa, both used these slaves themselves to work the export crops that the rest of the world wanted. Seems as if some of the blame that current people put on others for things that happened in past history, should be looked at carefully…did some of their own ancestors want and use slaves?  What a great time when people actually came to the realization that all people had natural rights to be treated fairly and equally. However, some people did not include women or slaves in these discussions.  One outcome due to this was the women’s movement. Women wanted to be considered equal to men when it came to almost everything. This obviously caused a huge uproar, since this was a time when not even all men were considered equal.  I really had no idea that the women’s movement was so prevalent way back in time. The slogan “you've come a long way baby” referred to back at this point in history to the present day. These movements made large progressive steps forward with setbacks along the way.  Slavery as it was known back then in history has evolved into human and child trafficking.  Women’s rights organizations are still fighting for equal pay for women who earn less than a man for the same job.  Again, history repeats itself over and over.