Betty Wood introduces her book, The Origins of American Slavery: Freedom and Bondage in the English Colonies, by raising two conceptually-related questions: 1) What made English colonists believe they had the right to enslave West Africans and; 2) What prompted them to do so? She points out that even though there are many explanations that conflict with each other, historians agree that Englishmen set out to America with the intention of shipping over and then enslaving Africans when they got there. Betty Wood says that slavery was instigated against the West Africans because of both the racial prejudices and the economical necessities.
When colonists realized how much work there needed to be done in the New World, and how much potential profit could be made, they concluded that they were in need of more help. The cheapest way to get help was through slavery, as opposed to indentured servitude (in which the indentured servant would eventually be allowed rights and land in the New World). Betty Wood says that an example of the economic justifications for slavery is the need for slaves to work in the Caribbean, rather than indentured servants, because the slaves would not be offered the lack of existing land that was needed to grow tobacco and other profit-producing crops, particularly in St. Kitts and Barbados. .
The Africans did not have an "end" to their term, and there was never a loss in profit when the number of years ran out (the Africans were not owed anything). To the plantation owners, the economics of slavery was evident - slaves helped produce a higher profit as nothing needed to be given back to them. This is important since the North American settlers were interested in making profits from their land just as the lands in the Caribbean had become profitable. This made way for the planters in the Caribbean to move to the Carolinas. Since slaves were their property, they were able to take them with them and help the North American settlers to develop a more profitable land by producing rice.
Betty Friedan "Remember the Ladies."" ... She decided to investigate the problem on a much larger scale and publish a book. ... The book received mixed reviews. ... The New York Times Book Review was critical, as was many other magazines. However, most women thought the book was refreshing, honest, and dynamic. ...
Robert Beverley's "The History and Present State of Virginia"," is important to the study of the origins of slavery as the first published history of a British colony by a native of North America. ... This casts shadows upon the sources agenda and reliability, compounded by the application of the Biblical system of slavery being anachronistic and limited, but reveals the power of literal application of the Bible as ideological justification for slavery in its ideas of superiority and inferiority. ... The Book of Genesis shows the evidence Europeans believed was God's justification fo...
Betty and her daughter became virtual prisoners of a man who had rededicated himself to the Shiite Moslem faith. ... Betty finally found someone to help her to escape and to drive them to a safer place. The escape route was risky as Betty and her daughter were driven at night from Teheran to mountains. ... The guides dragged Betty and carried her daughter the final distance to their freedom. Betty Mahmoody's story of resilience during her two years in Iran is remarkable. ...
Abigail, Tituba, and others were hanging out in the woods performing a ritual. ... For example, after she came back from the woods where a ritual was performed, she just lies in her bed all day long (Act 1, Scene 1). ... As a result, the events that went on in the woods changed Betty into a different person. ... Betty can"t hear God's name due to a spell of some sort. ... This shows that Betty suffers when she hears God's name. ...
Betty Ann The short stories Tattoo by Wallace Graves and Betty Ann by Ina Hughs are both stories of peer influence on the actions of the main characters. ... The theme for Betty Ann is be careful of your actions. ... She joins right in to torment poor Betty Ann. ... The narrator and writer of Betty Ann, Ina Hughs, feels shame, regret, and sorrow after many years of thinking about what she and her friends did to Betty Ann. ... In Betty Ann the girls are in high school. ...
Abigail influences all of the girls during their witch plays out in the woods and during the witch trials. ... Hale is a genuine man in the end of the book. ... Betty was the child that started the whole play. After the witchery was performed in the woods, Betty turns sick and everyone is interested in why she is in a coma. The gossip first occurred when Betty stirred up the crowds. ...
My cousin Betty, and I became restless. Betty complained of a burning fever, dashed noisily about the house, contorted of pain, and dove under furniture. ... The doctor who was called in to examine the us days later had recently read, Memorable Providence's, Reverend Cotton Mather's popular new book. The doctor believed that Betty and my behavior mirrored that of the afflicted person described in Mather's book. ... The doctor explained that many of the our symptoms could of been many theories such as of supernatural origin as they were mentioned in the book. ...
Embraced By The Light By, Betty J. Eadie Embraced By The Light is a wonderful book based on Betty Eadie's experience with life after death. ... On June 19, 1968 Betty went into labor and had the baby. ... Betty Eadie says in the book that since you've never seen your body in 3-d before you don't really recognize yourself when you do. ... I recommend this book to everyone. ...
Review of communication used (E1 & 2) Before I went to the residential home, I planned a few questions to ask. ... My main aim was to make sure that Betty was comfortable about talking to me. ... I would have been fine with Grace standing next to me and holding my hand whilst I talked to Betty but because Betty did not want her to stand there, I had to ask her to sit down. ... By changing the subject, I stopped Betty feeling too depressed by this issue and Grace from hearing Betty complain about her. ... Also, I had to make sure that Betty and Grace knew that I was not criticising Grace in a...
