end of chapter 15

            Within the first paragraph of the reading I was completely surprised to see that they took 11 million Africans out of their families and forced to the americas as slaves. This is ridiculous how man people were used as slaves. This makes me think of the movie The Help. Its all about the slavery and how they were working for white families. Its crazy how they interacted with their owners and their children. That was an amazing movie. I enjoyed it because it was very informative and it was sad. The help in the movie are considered slaves. They were treated terribly and I cant even imagine how the slaves were treated in the very beginning. Being involved in the Atlantic Slave trade would be unbearable. This whole section was about the Atlantic Slave trade and about the slaves. The slaves were used for many different purposes depending on the the region and the owner. There were also children slaves. It confused me how some parts of the world favored different slaves. For example the islamic world preferred women and Atlantic slave trade favored men. Many died just in the journey over to where they will be sold and bought. And Im sure even more died doing the harsh labor. Slavery is a tough topic to read about because it makes me mad that our society used to be centered around it.