Conrad uses this inhumane description of colonization to support other themes in the novel. ... Frequently throughout the novel Conrad gives descriptions of the horrible treatment of the Africans. ... It is important that Conrad overstress this treatment to amplify his theme of darkness. ...
A Fatal Poison The possession of power is a tainted possession indeed. To have complete power over another human being is arguably one of the worst. "When I went there, she was a pious, warm, tender-hearted woman. There was no suffering for which she had not a tear. She had bread for the hun...
"Being continually beaten, and almost famish'd; so inhuman are the Blacks to one another," this production causes the Africans to change into a culture that treats each other like products which creates a slave nature of inhumane commodity. ... "When sold in America, the same motive ought to prevail with their masters to use them well, that they may live the longer, and do them more service".20 The treatment towards Africans in American slaver was better than the struggle of poverty and starvation Africa faced with. African Diaspora was created by the opportunity for ...
