Thursday, February 28, 2008

in class blog

I think that the most helpful in class poit that was mentionis is "who gives a damn." often on my papers the teacher leaves a comment along the lines of "why is this important" and i feel that as long as after i make a point i answer the question of "who gives a damn" i will avoid the "why is this important" quote.
I think that now when i write papers after i make a point i will back that point up with a, who gives a damn, mind set. This should keep my papers clear and more entertaining, afterall i am the one writing the paper, whicvh means i should b giving my point of view after my claims.

in class blog

I think that the most helpful in class poit that was mentionis is "who gives a damn." often on my papers the teacher leaves a comment along the lines of "why is this important" and i feel that as long as after i make a point i answer the question of "who gives a damn" i will avoid the "why is this important" quote.
I think that now when i write papers after i make a point i will back that point up with a, who gives a damn, mind set. This should keep my papers clear and more entertaining, afterall i am the one writing the paper, whicvh means i should b giving my point of view after my claims.

Thursday, February 21, 2008

in class

Is free labor ever not profitable?
--that’s a brain buster, of course free labor profits ALWAYS for somebody but thr fact is that the slavetrade was so profitable because it was mass free labor. In a communist society theire is no such thing as free labor, so all labor in theory, should profit everybody equally.

Does money block human empathy? I think this is a good question to research. What other things hinder human empathy?
--I will do some investigating but for sure money and love hinder human empathy the most. People steel girlfriends and steal money.

Is free labor ever not profitable?
--good point, guess not. But i never said it wasn;t profitable, i said it wasnt popular towards the end because so many people became aware of the atrocities of the slave trade.

What other things in history have been made unpopularized and then abolished…happens to fashion all the time.
--women were not able to vote, blacks were slaves, white men were constantly the president of
the united states, all pure facts at one time, now the tables are turning.

Have there been more instances in history where people seem to choose money over empathy since history repeats itself.
--hell yes, and if it isn't direct money than it is inderectly (nazis). White people held down other groups for practically ever. The romans killed eachother in wars for money and land...it always happens.

Monday, February 18, 2008

Bury the Chains: Pages 324-354, 265-366

Slavery was still going on in the Caribbeans. We now also see the uses of whips and other horrible devices disappear. Also women are now fighting even harder for their rights. John Smiths followers were also cooking up a rebellion of their own. It was now that they killed many slaves, for this John Smith got blamed, he was imprisoned, and eventually died of TB.
Use of new grueling machines, for example, the treadmill, were now being put into use. These are torture machines that harmed people. The use of such machines had over time made it to England. It was now 1828 and Clarkson, now 63, died after hearing of these cruel tortures (Pg. 332).
After a long time of trying to pass the emancipation bil it was finally passed by both houses of parliament in 1833 (Pg. 347). In 1834 the ex-slaves were told to become "apprentices" which would be a time they would work for free for 6 years and then be free. Finally on August 1, 1838 when nearly 800,000 black men and women were freed.
It seems in the end that human empathy took over and their would be no more room for a slave trade in the world.

Bury the Chains:Chapter 21

Chapter 21 of Bury the Chains starts off with a Duel between the Prime Minister and George Tierney. 2 exchanges of bullets flew by and missed one another, it was at this point the duel was ended an "valiant tie." This upset Wilberforce alot because not only did Pitt have a duel but he did so on a Sunday which upset Wilberforce. This is interesting because it ties in very well with what the first critic in the critic reviews had to say. The critic called Hochschild out for being very anti-Christianity and Hochschild's use of "also that he had done so on a Sunday" (Pg. 299).
The dawn of the nineteenth century bought the british abolitionist movement to a slowed pace. With the killing of white men all around them due to slave uprisings people began to feel less bad for the entrapped blacks.
The abolitionist movement picked up another strong hand in James Stephens. Stephens was a very intellectual smart person who knew how to talk to parliament so that his point would be made the most clearly and intellectually. Stephens eventually pushed forth the Foreign Slave Trade Act that would basically cut off 2/3 off all slavery in Britain. This act sailed through the house of Commons with surprising ease (Pg. 303).
After vigorous amounts of work put forth by Clarkson, again. It was now in early 1807 that the bull aboloshing the entire slave trade was signed and passed. Even King George III signed the bill. But to more than half a million slaves in the British Caribbean they were all still expurgated.