Imagine living in a time when nothing was equal-everything is unjust. People assume things about you that are completely untrue. This was true for the three minority groups in the late 1800's-women, Native Americans, and emancipated slaves. These groups lived in this period, yet most everyone besi...
"When thou cam'st first, Thou strok'st me and made much of me; wouldst give me Water with berries in"t, and teach me how To name the bigger light and how the less, That burn by day and night; and then I loved thee, And showed thee all the qualities o"th" isle, The fresh springs, brine pits, barren place and fertile" (1.2.332-8) This is Prospero's ploy to use Caliban to learn the secrets of the island. ...
For Africans the slave ship is a hell over the water. ... "The stench of the hold while we were on the coast was so intolerably loathsome, that it was dangerous to remain there for any time...some of us had been permitted to stay on the deck for the fresh air. ... Hundreds of fellow creatures of all ages and sexes, some children, some adults, some old men and women, all in a state of total nudity, would scramble out together to taste the luxury of a little fresh air and water. ...
Slave owners would keep these poor innocent Black human beings, making them work in the hot humid sun all day long with out much food or water at all. ... The ships were desperately overcrowded and unhealthy, with little fresh air, no toilets, and scant, water, and food everywhere. ...
Fresh straw was used for comfort and then burned in the morning for warmth. ... Other foods that consisted of their diet included a variety of vegetables such as cabbage; it could be eaten fresh in the summer and as sauerkraut in the winter (Vuinich, p.13). ... It was made from bran, malt, dried crusts of bread, flour and water (Vuinich, p.13). ...
They are not allowed to use the bathroom more than once every eight hours per shift, and workers can't drink water on any more than two occasions (48 Hours). ... In 1998, Nike announced its plan to replace petroleum-based solvents with safer water-based compounds (Global Exchange 3). ...
