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Week 1 Assigment 2_ General Education Capstone

Week 1 Assigment 2_ General Education Capstone

Q For your third short writing assignment, select either Option A or Option B below and write a 200 to 400 word post: Option A: Write an analysis of what life would have been like for a slave during the Atlantic Slave Trade era. Base your post on material from AmericanYawp and the primary source document "Olaudah Equiano describes the Middle Passage, 1789" (http://www.americanyawp.com/reader/british-north-america/olaudah-equiano-describes-the-middle-passage-1789/). Option B: The French and Indian War, or Seven Years War, sent shockwaves throughout North America. In your analysis, address the impact of the war on American society and Native-Americans. Use at least one of the following primary sources to substantiate your analysis: "Pontiac Calls for War, 1763" (http://www.americanyawp.com/reader/colonial-society/pontiac-calls-for-war-1763/) or "Alibamo Mingo, Choctaw Leader, Reflects on the British and French, 1765" (http://www.americanyawp.com/reader/colonial-society/alibamo-mingo-choctaw-leader-reflects-on-the-british-and-french-1765/).

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Resentment, hatred and humiliation had been the major emotions of slaves during the Atlantic Slave Trade era. This is because there had always been dreadfulness and fear in the minds and the hearts of the slaves. As per the source document, the slaves had become ruinous in their mental states. There had been hardships of extreme levels for slaves because of which frustration and disgust had emerged in the lives of the slaves. There had not been the provision of facilitating the slaves with fresh air. Fresh air is one of the human needs and it is a basic one.