...In researching the topic of slave resistance, most historians agree on the point that enslaved blacks resisted slavery in whatever methods they could. Slave resistance was widespread throughout the West Indies during the period of the Transatlantic Slave Trade. The resistance took on various forms and these will be examined in this essay. Since enslaved blacks were forcibly brought to the West Indies, slave owners realized that it was necessary to control the enslaved. In this regard, slave laws were introduced as a way of keeping the slaves in line. The main slave laws enacted were the Siete Partidas – which were put in place by the Spanish government, the Slave Laws of the English Colonies and the Code Noir – which were put in place by the French. The common element in all of these legislations is that the enslaved blacks were given the stamp of “chattelâ€, which meant they were seen in law as property and not people. In addition to the slave laws, the slave owners also used other various measures of control. One such measure was the use of physical control, which meant that punishment for any infractions committed by the enslaved blacks were severe and brutal. Examples of such punishment included hanging and amputation. Another form of control was psychological control which was used to instill fear in the slaves. Research into psychological control shows that many enslaved blacks chose to commit suicide rather than live under the slavery conditions. ...
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...tea. The water slowly turned brown like waiting for the sun to rise. She looked at her dark brown skin If only she were white. She would have her own personal slave a big white house, get to eat real food and get to taste tea! As the water finally turned dark brown she poured it into the teapot. She set out the teacups the sugar on one tray and brought it out as her owner Sarah and her master Sir John sat down. They both took a teacup and put sugar in the tea. Rachel looked into the deep brown of the tea in sir john’s cup. Rachel smelled the delicious taste that was longing to be brought to her lips. Her hands went out to take the cup but snapped back in when Mistress Sarah yelled, “Stop at once! You fool! Tea is only for civilized human beings! Not a negro like you!” Rachel set the pot of tea by Sir John and ran out into the fields where her mother was picking cotton with a few other Africans. She spotted her mother and hugged her. “What’s happened?” asked her mother stroking her braids. “Oh Mother!” said Rachel wrapping her arms even tighter around her. “Rachel!” yelled Sir John. “Go child” said her mother. “I’ll be right here” Rachel ran toward the front door. “A slave owner is here to have a look at you” said Sir John pushing her into the house. Rachel’s heart skipped a beat. She held back her tears The slave owner was sure to take her away from her mother and papa and little Noel who was only eight months old. She would be thrown on a ship and would be taken somewhere...
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...Critique of Nonviolent Politics From Mahatma Gandhi to the Anti-Nuclear Movement by Howard Ryan (howard@netwood.net) Preface 2 Part I 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Problems of Nonviolent Theory Nonviolent Philosophy 6 Moral View: Violence Itself Is Wrong 9 Practical View: Violence Begets Violence 13 Nonviolent Theory of Power 21 Voluntary Suffering 24 Common Nonviolent Arguments 34 A Class Perspective 49 Part II 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Gandhi: A Critical History Father of Nonviolence 56 Satyagraha in South Africa 59 Textile Strike 66 Noncooperation Movement 1919-22 70 Religious Conflicts 80 Salt Satyagraha 87 Congress Ministries 97 The War Years 101 Independence and Bloodshed 111 Part III 17 18 19 20 Nonviolence in the Anti-Nuclear Movement Nonviolent Direct Action 120 Consensus Decision Making 123 Open, Friendly, and Respectful 136 Civil Disobedience 142 Epilogue 151 Notes 154 ©2002 by Howard Ryan. All rights reserved. Readers have my permission to use and distribute for non-profit and educational purposes. Critique of Nonviolent Politics 2 Preface (2002) Critique of Nonviolent Politics may be the only comprehensive critique of nonviolent theory that has been written. I wrote it between 1980 and 1984, while living in Berkeley, California. Since 1977, I had been active in the movement against nuclear power and weapons which, in California, focused its protests at the Diablo Canyon Nuclear Plant near San Luis Obispo, and at the University of California's Lawrence Livermore Labs where...
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...of articles on... 1712 New York Slave Revolt (New York City, Suppressed) 1733 St. John Slave Revolt (Saint John, Suppressed) 1739 Stono Rebellion (South Carolina, Suppressed) 1741 New York Conspiracy (New York City, Suppressed) 1760 Tacky's War (Jamaica, Suppressed) 1791–1804 Haitian Revolution (Saint-Domingue, Victorious) 1800 Gabriel Prosser (Virginia, Suppressed) 1805 Chatham Manor (Virginia, Suppressed) 1811 German Coast Uprising (Territory of Orleans, Suppressed) 1815 George Boxley (Virginia, Suppressed) 1822 Denmark Vesey (South Carolina, Suppressed) 1831 Nat Turner's rebellion (Virginia, Suppressed) 1831–1832 Baptist War (Jamaica, Suppressed) 1839 Amistad, ship rebellion (Off the Cuban coast, Victorious) 1841 Creole, ship rebellion (Off the Southern U.S. coast, Victorious) 1842 Slave Revolt in the Cherokee Nation (Southern U.S., Suppressed) 1859 John Brown's Raid (Virginia, Suppressed) Gabriel (1776 – October 10, 1800), today commonly – if incorrectly – known as Gabriel Prosser, was a literate enslaved blacksmith who planned a large slave rebellion in the Richmond area in the summer of 1800. Information regarding the revolt was leaked prior to its execution, and he and twenty-five followers were taken captive and hanged in punishment. In reaction, Virginia and other state legislatures passed restrictions on free blacks, as well as prohibiting the education, assembly and hiring out of slaves, to restrict their chances to learn...
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...The Civil Rights Movement The civil rights movement is a very diverse subject. There are many different opinions on this subject and many political changing events follow this movement. Some of the struggles during the civil rights movement were covered through the media in such a fashion that it could have gone either way. I found an article stating, and I quote “Majority Queried In Times Survey Say, Negro Movement Has Gone Too Far, But Few Intend To Change Votes.” –New York Times (Sept. 21st 1964). Now another person questioned in this poll, and I quote “That many neighborhoods have always been known as ‘tough’, but they were white tough neighborhoods, if you know what I mean.” He added, “It was tough to a point, and no more. Now with colored it is a different kind of toughness, it is fear I guess.” I feel like with this last comment that this man had said, it is absolutely true of how the public viewed the civil rights movement, it was a fear, a fear of uncertainty of how to live with each other after being segregated for so long. In during this time the term ‘white backlash’ was used as a term used to give an indication that their voting habits were affected by the changes that has occurred in the civil rights act. Martin Luther King Jr. displayed a method of non violent protests which he referred to as a method of peaceful protest by oppressed people. From the article I read I quote “In a classical non violent situation the oppressed engage in mass demonstrations or in...
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...American Association of Diabetic Educators About Us Started in 1973, AADE is a nursing organization that offers a multi-disciplinary approach to managing diabetes. It aims at making sure that the professional are equipped in proper management of people with diabetes as well as other chronic conditions related to this disease (AADE, 2013). Mission: Our mission is to provide empowerment to the healthcare professionals through furnishing our members with skills and knowledge which enhance quality service delivery. Vision: We seek to achieve better quality of life for individuals suffering from diabetes and other chronic related infections. Why Register with Us? Registering with AADE is not a waste of time and resources. Rather, it is a chance to grow and develop career wise. We seek to make our members the best at what they do. This is achieved through training in the core areas of practices which include but are not limited to integrity, leadership, innovation, diversity and customer service (AADE, 2013). Join us to be relevant in your field! Membership You can join one of our membership groups which include active member, industry member, associate member, student member, international member, or industry member. All this are aimed at making sure that no one is left out. For more information, visit our website on http://www.diabeteseducator.org/About/membership/index.html and learn more. In order to make ours services more reliable, we collaborate with other related organizations...
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...Nonviolent resistance essay Allover the world people try to prove their point; some of the ways that they do that is by getting noticed. There are lots of ways that people try to be noticed some are violent ways and some are non-violent. Personally I think that non-violent resistance is the best method because nobody gets hurt and the resistors gain respect. One example of a successful non-violent resistance movement was the bus boycott. Rosa Parks was sitting in the front of the bus, while she was sitting there a white man told her to go to the back of the bus. Rosa Parks refused and she was arrested for not listening to the man. In return all of the African Americans quit riding the buses and walked to school and work. The bus companies struggled financially because a large number of their customers were black. Eventually the bus companies gained respect for the African Americans. Another good example of a successful non-violent resistance movement was the EPHS teacher strike. The teacher strike was successful because it gave the community awareness on what was happening in the school system. The teachers simply didn’t go to work and they stood on the streets and protested. The school board realized that what the teachers wanted would benefit our education so the teachers and the school board compromised. Another good example of a good non-violent resistance movement was John Lennon’s, “in bed for peace”. John and his newly wed wife were against the Vietnam War so...
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...“Reptile Blood a cure” Amy Parsons HCA/210 September 10, 2012 Cathy Wilburn Abstract In this paper, I will inform you of the ways that Reptile blood has been tested in hopes of finding cures for different diseases. There are several people testing the reptilian blood in experiments to help find a cure for a number of diseases. The thought of using a reptile’s blood to cure someone is a strange one. However, it was brought to the attention of Dr. Mark Merchant, of McNeese State University, that crocodiles, as well as other reptiles, heal with a great deal of quickness. He wondered how they could fight with such aggression and remain healthy. They fight to the points, sometimes, that they rip off limbs and expose bone and muscle. Then they swim off, into mucky, filthy water and yet they still do not get any kind of major infection. Humans exposed to the same type of battles and the same disgusting water they would have a devastating outcome, possibly death. This gave him and others ideas to check into their blood to see if they had something humans lacked. In 1998, Dr. Merchant found that American Alligators have a powerful antibiotic in their blood. Dr. Merchant demonstrated the “unscientific” evidence suggesting that reptile are resistant to bacterial infection. He identified reasons these creatures were immune to infection. Like humans, they have a natural defense system against invading bacteria, viruses, and fungi, which involves a group of proteins...
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...Hollywood has a way of turning real life events appear dramatically different from the real life experience. They want to show what people want to see rather than what really happened. Violence and sex sell so that’s often what they tell. Hollywood can take a real life event such as the protest in Seattle against the WTO and turn it into a completely different story to make it sell. The movie Battle in Seattle is meant to be a story about the protests against the WTO but it doesn’t exactly tell the truth of how the protest actually happened, yes it does follow the story correctly but it is enhanced to make it more seem more appealing to the general population. On November 30, 1999 protesters lined up all over the main streets of Seattle to block the World Trade Organization from having a meeting at the Washington State Convention. They had planned a nonviolent protest against the WTO. They sought nonviolent training “which was a three hour course that combined the history and philosophy of non violence with real life practice through role plays in staying calm in tense situations, using nonviolent tactics, responding to brutality, and making decisions together” (How We Really Shut Down the WTO, Starhawk.). According to the article the police weren’t prepared for nonviolence. They were completely foreign to the thought of a nonviolent protest. I understand as to why they were not prepared for a nonviolent protest. There have been a lot of protests that have turned into riots...
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...Jay Patel Professor David Headman Philosophy of Nonviolence 2-18-13 Is Violence The Answer When we were growing up all we heard our parents say is violence is not the answer and of course they were right, but as we got older we saw changes in the world we lived, which changed our views of if what our parents told us was true. The use of violence shows strength and power of a country or a group of people. The more powerful you are the more people fear you and would not dare to challenge your authority, which in turn helps the more powerful nation get away with a lot of cruelty. Using nonviolence on the other hand shows more of a peaceful way of fighting for what the people believe in without anybody getting hurt physically. Achieving things nonviolently shows others that they are not here to use force or to take over but to send a statement. I believe that both violence and nonviolence is necessary in the world we live in today. Violence is key to survival because it gives us the ability to protect ourselves, and our nation. Machiavelli says that there is no code that can be applied to our nation or leaders because we need power to have protection and control, and to get power one must use violence (Steger 24). I think that Machiavelli makes a great point about using violence to protect the people because having security makes our country what it is today, and the United States is the greatest country because we use violence to protect the people that live here...
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...Problems with Parallel Circuits 1. As more and more resistors are added in parallel to a circuit, the equivalent resistance of the circuit ____________ (increases, decreases) and the total current of the circuit ____________ (increases, decreases). 2. Three identical light bulbs are connected to a battery as shown below. P, Q, X, Y and Z represent locations along the circuit. Which one of the following statements is true? a. The current at Y is greater than the current at Q. b. The current at Y is greater than the current at P. c. The current at Y is greater than the current at Z. d. The current at P is greater than the current at Q. e. The current at Q is greater than the current at P. f. The current is the same at all locations. 3. Three identical light bulbs are connected to a battery as shown below. P, Q, X, Y and Z represent locations along the circuit. At which location(s), if any, will the current be ... a. ... the same as at X? b. ... the same as at Q? c. ... the same as at Y? d. ... less than at Q? e. ... less than at P? f. ... twice that at Z? g. ... three times that at Y? 4. Which adjustments could be made to the circuit below that would decrease the current in the battery? List all that apply. a. Increase the resistance of bulb X. b. Decrease the resistance of bulb X. c. Increase the resistance of bulb Z. d. Decrease the resistance of bulb Z. e. Increase the voltage of the battery. f. Decrease the voltage of the battery. g. Remove bulb Y...
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...diet such as this may improve insulin resistance and hyperglycemia, thereby decreasing the risk for the development of type 2 diabetes. Since type 2 diabetes is a worldwide health problem, this information could change the incidence of this disease significantly. Diet plays an important role in preventing and controlling diabetes. Nine random clinical trials were used to compile the information in this article. Six of these were from the United States, one was from the United Kingdom, and two were conducted in Iran. Included in these trials were 453 adult men and 786 adult women. All participants were between the ages of 21 and 69 years old. The random clinical trials lasted a range of 3-24 weeks total. The authors of the article used these nine trials to compile data on the effects of the DASH diet on three main components effecting the development of diabetes. Studies were done using information from these trials using data for fasting insulin, fasting blood glucose, and fasting HOMA-IR. These studies did not show a significant reduction of fasting blood glucose, nor did they find the DASH diet had a significant effect of HOMA-IR. However, they did show a significant reduction of fasting insulin concentration when the diet was prescribed for longer than 16 weeks. Durations less than 8 weeks showed no significant reduction except in those with metabolic syndrome and hyperlipidemia. Observational data from the Insulin Resistance Atherosclerosis Study (IRAS)...
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...increases, so does the current (flow of charges). If the resistance increases, the current flow decreases. Voltage (volts) Current (amps) = --------------------------------------------Resistance (ohms, ) To work through this skill sheet, you will need the symbols used to depict circuits in diagrams. The symbols that are most commonly used for circuit diagrams are provided to the right. If a circuit contains more than one battery, the total voltage is the sum of the individual voltages. A circuit containing two 6 V batteries has a total voltage of 12 V. [Note: The batteries must be connected positive to negative for the voltages to add.] If a toaster produces 12 ohms of resistance in a 120-volt circuit, what is the amount of current in the circuit? Given The resistance (R) is 12 ohms. The voltage (V) is 120 volts. Looking for The amount of current (I) in the circuit. Relationships V I = -R Solution 120 volts I = V = --------------------- = 10 amps -R 12 ohms The current in the toaster circuit is 10 amps. If a problem asks you to calculate the voltage or resistance, you must rearrange the equation I=V/R to solve for V or R. All three forms of the equation are listed below. V V II = V-V IR R R R I In this section, you will find some problems based on diagrams and others without diagrams. In all cases, show your work. 1. 2. 3. How much current is in a circuit that includes a 9-volt battery and a bulb with a resistance of 3 ohms? How much current is in a circuit that includes...
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...A. Discuss a rise of imperialism or colonialism in an area of the world- North America The rise of imperialism in North America stemmed from the widely held belief that America occupies a “special” niche among other nations of the world in terms of its national credo, historic evolution, political and religious institutions and origin (Wikipedia, 2014). It was a widely held belief that the early settlers had a Manifest Destiny to expand throughout the continent and beyond (Wikipedia, 2014). Historians agree for the most part that there are three basic themes to Manifest Destiny. a. The special virtues of the American people and their institutions b. American’s mission to redeem and remake the west in the image of agrarian America c. An irresistible destiny to accomplish this essential duty (Miller, 2008). 1. The indigenous peoples, with very few exceptions, reacted violently and there was a great loss of life including the complete genocide of some native populations (Miller, 2008). B. Describe the causes and goals of one violent and one nonviolent revolution a. Violent- American Revolution 1775-1783, the goal was American independence. i. Taxation without representation ii. Stamp Act iii. Deprivation of liberties (Bbc.co.uk, 2014) b. Nonviolent- Indian Independence Movement i. Gandhi advocated non-violent protests to “wear down” the British 1. Non-cooperation movement 1920-1922 2. Civil Disobedience Movement 1930-1931 3. Quit India Movement 1942 (Historytoday...
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...AAntibiotics Antibiotics are a chemical which work by being either bactericidal where they kill microorganisms; or by being bacteristatic where they inhibit the growth of the microorganisms. Narrow spectrum antibiotics target specific reaction in particular microorganisms; whereas broad spectrum antibiotics will have an effect on more general features so affect a wide range of pathogens. They work by cell wall synthesis: an example of a bactericidal antibiotic is Penicillin, this works by preventing the production of peptidoglycan which is a substance that forms in the cell wall. This means the cell will continue to grow without dividing or developing new cell wall Therefore, the wall gets weaker, and eventually ruptures. Another way antibiotics works is by protein synthesis: an example of a bacteriostatic antibiotic is Tetracycline, it binds to ribosomes in bacteria this means the cell cannot make proteins and therefore inhibits growth. The benefits of using antibiotics is that it helps people with weakened immune systems, it can treat many infections such as strep throat, tonsillitis and sinusitis, it is easy to administer since you can take them orally or via injection, it has few side effects and is cost effective. However issues concerning antibiotics are allergic reactions depending on your drug allergies you may be extremely allergic to some types of antibiotics, such as those containing sulfa. Unfortunately, sulfa is present in many common antibiotics, so it...
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