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The white family bought 6 enslaved children, and none of the children were over the age of 10. The slaves had to work in rice fields. The rice fields may look pretty, but they are deadly. The rice fields ground was covered with snakes and the air was filled with mosquitoes. Most slave children lived up to 16. Persila is one of the slave children. She and her family survived much longer.
Link to video:
https://www.pbs.org/wnet/african-americans-many-rivers-to-cross/video/page/2/#241

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1. 1400's mid 1900's centuries over 10,000,000 slaves where brought to the Americas.
2. There have been centuries of contact between Europe and Africa.
3. The crops that were grown in the new colonies were sugar cane, tobacco, and cotton.
4. Native Americans were enslaved but most of them died because of the diseases the colonists brought.
5. Capturing slaves became a motivation for war.
6. About 20% of slaves will never see land again
7. Some of the slaves on the ship were through overboard because of diseases and being disciplined.
8. The captains of the ships cut off the slaves ears to show to people that they own slaves.
9. Some inland Africans had never seen white people before so they thought they were cannibals
10. Many Africans commit suicide because they were afraid of getting eaten.
11. Some Africans believed that their souls will return home.
12. Women and children slaves were kept above the deck getting abused.
13. The men were below the deck forced to preform dances for exercise.
14. Most of the slaves taken were men.
15. When the slave trade was outlawed in the Americas and Europe, the African Kingdoms collapsed.
16. They claimed that Africans inferior and made to be slaves
17. They made it impossible for Africans to have equality.
18. Since the African Kingdoms collapsed, the land was easy to colonize.
19. Slaves were crammed in ships an most of them died or commit suicide.
20. The white people viewed Africans as criminals or prisoners.
Link to video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3NXC4Q_4JVg

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Check out this video on Counter Mapping below!
https://emergencemagazine.org/story/counter-mapping/

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2. I noticed that part of the USA did not have a lot of borders. As time passes, more and more borders are forming in the US.

4. I saw what years the Europeans took their country and I saw all the tribes getting wiped away.

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Africa in the 1840's Mahommah Gardo Baquaqua was enslaved for a time before being transported to Brazil .

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Mali's king, Musa Keita was the richest person in history. King Musa Keita's riches were salt and gold. Enslaved people missed out on education and a chance of not being poor.
Link to video of King Masa Musa:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O3YJMaL55TM

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I learned mostly from the Black Panther NPR podcast on where they got their outfits from and what inspired them.
NPR podcast:
https://www.npr.org/2018/02/16/586513016/black-panther-costume-designer-draws-on-the-sacred-geometry-of-africa

Before this week I didn't know how rich west Africa was.

Now I know that West Africa had a king who was the richest person in history.

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I learned that the female warriors of Wakanda outfit was inspired by a tribe.
Here is the link:
https://www.npr.org/2018/02/16/586513016/black-panther-costume-designer-draws-on-the-sacred-geometry-of-africa

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The movie has changed my mind about how different the homosapoins body were.

The movie changed my mind about how we are all connected as one family if you really go back to the family tree.

The movie has changed my mind about how we all are connected to Africa.
Find the PBS movie here:

http://www.pbs.org/weta/africas-great-civilizations/watch-video/
or here:
https://www.amazon.com/Meltrek-Exploring-Ancient-Harvey-Lewis/dp/B01DYFK4Y4/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=meltrek&qid=1601159395&sr=8-1

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https://genius.com/Griot-b-mwa-lyrics

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'Black Panther' Costume Designer Podcast

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'Black Panther' Costume Designer Podcast

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Link to podcast:
https://www.npr.org/2018/02/16/586513016/black-panther-costume-designer-draws-on-the-sacred-geometry-of-africahttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qeS-jzjqJPo

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Millions of Indigenous people lived in North America before the Europeans took over their land. Along with free labor, Europeans brought a system of slavery that differed from the historical practices of enslavement. Christina Snyder tells the story of what happened when these worlds collided.
Link to Podcast:
https://www.tolerance.org/podcasts/teaching-hard-history/american-slavery/indigenous-enslavement-part-1

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The Manner How These People Become Slaves - 1734

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The Manner How These People Become Slaves - 1734

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What stood out to me in the letter was that some people sell their own children (or child) to buy a slave. I think that is very cruel for the children and the slave. I think whats wrong is that some Debtors who refuse to pay their Debts and that some people sell their Children just to get Slaves.

Link to letter:

http://www.historianstevecampbell.com/uploads/4/4/6/5/44657359/1734_william_snelgrave.pdf

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How I want this knowledge to change me

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Chrokee Houses

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Links of websites I have used.
https://www.aaanativearts.com/cherokee/cherokee-houses.htm
Primary Source
I learned about the Cherokees houses and what they do.

http://wsharing.com/WScherokeeTimeline.htm
Secondary Source
I learned about how the Cherokee tribe put their houses on their land and what is different about them then other tribes.

https://www.zocalopublicsquare.org/2018/01/02/forced-removal-southeasts-indians-turned-native-lands-slave-plantations/ideas/essay/
Primary Source

https://www.npr.org/2018/12/24/674509385/to-save-their-endangered-language-2-cherokee-brothers-learn-as-they-teach#:~:text=The%20Eastern%20Band%20Cherokee%20have,are%20over%2050%20years%20old.&text=According%20to%20UNESCO%2C%20their%20Eastern,dialect%20is%20%22severely%20endangered.%22
Secondary Source
I learned about how the Cherokee tribe's language is disappearing  and what they are trying to do to stop it.

Pictures:

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Cherokee tribe
Layout of the homes: The Cherokee tribe have individual houses. They have one big fence around the border of their land.
Diet: The Three sisters ( Corn,Beans,and Squash) Mushrooms, nuts, ramps (onion), berries, dear, bears, fish, squirrels, ground hogs, and rabbits.
Weapons: Tomahawks (a kind of ax), knives, bow and arrows, spears, and blow guns.
Kids
Work: Cleaning around the house.
Boys: Hunted with there father
Girls: Made pottery with there mother
Games: Stick-ball and Blowgun

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Cherokee Language

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Elections. What I know and want to know:

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Elections. What I know and want to know:

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What I know about elections is  that this elections has 2 candidates, President Trump and Former Vice President Joe Biden. I know that  american citizens register to vote if they haven't already.
What I want to know more about elections is to know more about  about were people vote and how private it is. I want to know if the candidates know what votes they have during the election. I want to know if you have to pay money to vote.

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I was shocked that 13% of African Americans can't vote in America.
I learned that each state has their amounts of votes based on population in america.
Link to Adams Ruins everything episode 7 season 1, voting:
https://www.amazon.com/gp/video/detail/B015MBMWBG/ref=atv_dp_season_select_s1

Resources that Adam used:
https://www.trutv.com/shows/adam-ruins-everything/articles/adam-ruins-voting

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Voter suppression is a way to stop specific groups of people from voting

Voter Suppression is an issue because we need U.S citizens to vote not stopping U.S citizens to vote. Most voter suppression is to people of color. We need to stop voter suppression and make sure every U.S citizen gets to vote.

Link to resource:
https://www.backstoryradio.org/

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What image comes to mind when I think of the word colonists?

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A colonist is a person who has traveled to an area and made a permanent residence there, often to colonize the area.

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A country or area under the full control of another country, typically a distant one.

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The process of settling and making control over an area.

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Was Christopher Columbus a colonist?

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Who were the Colonists?
Bacon was a colonist. Bacon liked fighting and killing Native Americans. He loved it so much he would rather hurt and kill Native Americans that helping the poor and the community.

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Now what I think of Colonists

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What Native Americans Might think of colonists coming to their land

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What Native Americans Might think of colonists coming to their land

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Some Native Americans where fine with colonists in there land. Some invited them to have dinner and taught them how to do certain things. Although when Native Americans do this, some colonists would treat them badly instead of kindly. Some Native Americans would not appreciate it when they see other people coming to their land and just acting like it is not the Native Americans land, its theirs because the "discovered" it. It seems very unfair and the Native Americans probably wanted them to go away.

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I know that colonies still exist but are rare. I know that Bermuda, the British Virgin Islands, and the Cayman Islands are colonies.

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I learned that the country Guam gives a quarter of its land to the military which is a 1/8 of its land.  The country Samoa has barley any voting rights in America and Samoa is claimed as American territory. American Samoans don't get to run for president, serve on a federal jewelry or become a public school teacher depending on where they live. They are like American citizens but they don't get the rights of an American citizen.

Link to the video: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1cCSx0Pxto-sm-EcSGrHnJqkGUgpVJgKf/view

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The people that are living in  Puerto Rico, American Samoa, Virgin Island, Northern Mariana Islands, and Guam would like to have there votes counted since they are American citizens. The people that don't want Puerto Rico, American Samoa, Virgin Island, Northern Mariana Island, and Guam to have there vote counted is the United States of America. If all of these counties could vote there would be more votes counted in the election.

Link to website I used:
https://votesaveamerica.com/state/us-territories/

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An issue that American citizens are suffering is Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands, and American Samoa can't vote in presidential elections.

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My new understanding about colonies is that American colonies do not get the same rights as other American Citizens. They do not get to vote, run for president, serve on a federal jewelry or become a public school teacher depending on where they live.

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In the 1620's the Pilgrims had arrived they landed in the Pawtuxet village. A pox plague started and left the village all messed up. None of the Pawtuxet people were left alive. A few days later the Pilgrims  found out that the Pawtuxet buried their loved ones with corn and beans so the Pilgrims dug up their graves and took the food. Some Wampanoag people saw this and was very offended by the disrespect of the Pilgrims.

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While I was watching the video I was horrified about what they did to the people living in Africa. It is important we understand and deeply learn about this because if we understand, we can help stop racism to black people.

Link to video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0IJrhQE6DZk

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How did European-led slavery do to African people and communities?

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How did European-led slavery do to African people and communities?

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The slave trade in Africa was big. It can be seen on the personal, family, communal, and continental levels. Millions of well bodied people captured the death and the economic destruction from wars and the enslaved people were surprisingly high. In the famines that followed military acts,the old and young were normally killed or starved.

Link to website:
http://www.inmotionaame.org/migrations/topic.cfm?migration=1&topic=9&tab=image

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How do we learn about their lives and value each enslaved person as a human being?

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How do we learn about their lives and value each enslaved person as a human being?

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George Washing ton was the first president of the United States of America. George Washington was one of the founding fathers and was also a slave owner.

Was George Washington a captain?
How many slaves did George Washington have?
Did George Washington live in the White House back then?

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I do not know who Ona Judge is but I do know that she is a enslaved person.

Did Ona Judge die?
Was Ona Judge born a enslaved person?
Where was Ona Judge enslaved?
Who was her master?
Does/Did Ona Judge have parents?
Does/Did Ona Judge have siblings?
Where was Ona Judge born?
If Ona Judge wasn't born as an enslaved person when was she an enslaved person?

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Never Caught is a Non-Fiction book about Ona Judge. The book talks about her life and how she went around obstacles. I am going to learn about Ona Judge's life and what she did as a slave.

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I know Ona Judge is dead
I know Ona Judge has a white father and a black mother.

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1. Indigenous peoples

2. Black people

3. Rich, powerful, elite white Americans

4. Poor white farmers

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I learned the details in the constitution. I learned how people treated each other.

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https://www.khanacademy.org/humanities/us-government-and-civics/us-gov-foundations/us-gov-relationship-between-the-states-and-the-federal-government/a/relationship-between-the-states-and-the-federal-government-article

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If an enslaved person runs away, there are very high risks that you will die, be shot, or parts of your body being cut off.. It just depends how long you were gone for. If you stay there are chances that your family members will be sold at an oction. There are also chances that if you accidentally mess up something, you will be hurt.

Here is a link for the short movie:
https://hudsonvalley.org/article/runaway-movie/

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Opinion: Black Lives Should be Treated How All Lives are Treated. By Uma Rahman

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Opinion: Black Lives Should be Treated How All Lives are Treated. By Uma Rahman

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Did you know that Black Lives are dying from people who are killing for no good reason. Seems dark right, well sadly these things happen in america and it is not fair at all. Black lives should be treated  as how all lives are treated because I don’t think it is fair that lives are being treated differently just because of the color of their skin, mainly black lives. Black people can't help that they are black and there is nothing wrong with having black skin. I feel like it is wrong for someone to do harm for something that they can’t control and they should not be ashamed about it. Black people have been treated in hurtful ways since the 7th century. Slavery started in the 7th centery to the 1750’s. Slavery is illegal now but some white people still find a way to do microaggression. Microaggression means a person or people saying something racist about someone that doesn’t seem like they are being racist or mean but if you think about what they are really saying it is racist and mean. For an example: “You are the “whitest” black person I know.”

There are very popular black activists like Martin Luther King Jr. and Rosa Parks. Martin Luther King Jr. started being an activist and started protesting in 1950. Rosa Parks started in 1955. Although Rosa Parks and Martin Luther King did some protests together. No black person was treated fairly in that era in time. It is not as bad now but it still happens. There are so many other black activists that we don’t know about but all did the same thing, call for the same rights as everybody. There have been so many Black Lives Matter protests in the present and past. There also have been a lot of shootings too. For an example: Goerge Floyed, Tamir Rice, Trayvon Martin, Briana Talor, and so much more. Black people minding their business outside and inside and some white police men think they are going to do harm and kill them. A lot of people do not want to talk about these sorts of things because it makes them uncomfortable, but it is very important to talk about these things because anyone can make a change. If you don’t really know what is happening or not really sure, watch the news, talk to people. For a long time black people have not been treated equally. Anyone and anybody can make a change and be an activist. It is very important to at least have the knowledge about this american history and it is up to us to try and make things different.