Canada is a place full of cultural wealth. Many different kinds of people, cultures, and races live in Canada and call it their home. One race that had a significant role in the construction, molding and forming of Canada is the Black people and they really are not ever shown any gratitude for what they have done. This country owes them for what they have done and it is sad that we do not learn about Black history, not even in our high school Canadian history courses do we lean about black people in Canada. They did so much for their country even when life was not fair to them. .
Ever since the discovery of the New World, black people have lived in Canada and have not been treated fairly. Slavery played an enormous role in the formation of Canada. Perhaps the first Black person to arrive in Canada was named Mattieu da Costa. He was a guide and translator with a French expedition led by Pierre de Gua, Sieur du Monts. This expedition established a colony called Port Royal in they year1605 and by 1613, it became a major urban center in the Maritimes. Another early arrival who came to Canada was a young Black boy who had been captured from his homeland in Madagascar. He arrived in New France in 1628 and was sold to a colonist. The boy was then given the name Oliver Lejune and he was forced to live as a domestic servant. Oliver passed in the year 1654 when he was in his early 30's. As the colony of New France grew the demand of field, workers and servants did as well and in the year 1689 King Louis 12 of France allowed settlers to use slaves. .
In the early 1600's, British, French, Spanish, Dutch and Swedish settlements dotted the east coast of North America. The Europeans fought with each other all the time and because of this the British was able to gain control of the Thirteen Colonies along the east coast. "By 1775, about 500 000 Blacks were enslaved in the Thirteen Colonies, making up approximately 20 percent of the total population.
African History Month is all twelve months of the year. The term "Black" is a political construct. ... My only point (and this is my opinion) is that there is no "Black History." ... Maybe one of the reasons why so many brothas and sistas call themselves "Black" and use the term "Black History" is that they have never connected with Africa. ... They have to consider African History first. ...
"The Black Plague" The Black Plague was one of the worst and deadliest diseases known to man in the history of the world. ... The symptoms of the Black Plague were swellings called buboes and dried blood under the skin that appeared black. ... The Black Plague had several different names. ... This disease became associated with the term "plague" because of the widespread fatalities that it caused throughout history (Platt 10-11). ... Another common symptom of the Black Plague is the appearance of black blood under the skin after death. ...
In American history periodic acts of violent resistance by black slaves during more than two centuries of chattel slavery signifying continual deep-rooted discontent with the condition of bondage and resulting in ever more stringent mechanisms for social control and repression in slaveholding areas. ... Blacks staged a one day local boycott of the bus system to protest her arrest. ... Ferguson, thus legitimizing the segregation of blacks from whites. ... This event evolved into the establishment in 1976 as Black History. ... From its initiation, observance of African American History has in...
Black History What are your schools teaching during Black-History month? You may be surprised to learn that many schools have not taken Black-History as a challenge to explore different ideas, people, and aspects of history. ... Today's youth are missing a huge opportunity to understand Black-History so that the lessons learned can be applied to the present. ... By this time Malcolms' success had aroused jealousy within the Black Muslim hierarchy. ... The four people cited above played a very important role in American history. ...
The Black Robe- Film Review The film viewed in class is quite appropriate for a course in Canadian studies. The 17th century-based film provides a window into the past where we are able to see the history of Canadian geography and the environment. ... The Huron refer to the Jesuit priest as "Black Robe". ... The colour black often symbolizes darkness and evil. By referring to the priest as Black Robe, it is also as if he is being called dark and evil. ...
What are your schools teaching during Black-History month? You may be surprised to learn that many schools have not taken Black-History as a challenge to explore different ideas, people, and aspects of history. ... Today's youth are missing a huge opportunity to understand Black-History so that the lessons learned can be applied to the present. ... By this time Malcolms' success had aroused jealousy within the Black Muslim hierarchy. ... The four people cited above played a very important role in American history. ...
The theory that black holes have existed is not new at all. ... Not any star can become a black hole. ... If they could look back as they fell, the entire history of the universe would flash before their eyes (but once inside they are unable to communicate with anyone outside the event horizon). ... We are not able to get pictures of black holes due to the fact that the light inside the black holes does not reflect back out. ... Although the nearest black hole to us is fifteen light years, it is possible for a black hole to grasp hold of our planet. ...
The following essay will explain why the subtitle American Hunger of the book Black Boy by Richard Wright is appropriate. ... Richard Wright was a young black male in the southern states of America, where there were still racial conflicts between blacks and whites in the mid 1920's. ... Blacks were often told to be silent and were often beaten. ... As a result of his unhappiness and the social and economic conditions surrounding black people in America, Richard saved up his money and by the time he was old enough, he moved and stayed in the North, where he became a communist. Ric...
His people realized that Black Elk had a gift, but he never told them of his vision. The six powers had given Black Elk the tremendous responsibility of saving his people. ... Due to this power to heal, Black Elk became a great man among his people. ... This third event is what Black Elk saw at Wounded Knee. ... It tells the reader history from the Indian perspective, rather than the American side that we usually read about in textbooks, novels, and that we see in movies. ...
