This week’s topic was interesting. It was also surprising, What surprised me? Well… the fact that slavery didn’t really ended with the independece in Latin America. I believe that one of the reasons for which Mexico seeked its independance was to avoid slavery (thing that I also believe was accomplished), however, I never really thought … Sigue leyendo Week 6 – Madness
I found the video for this weeks lecture quite interesting. I found that it focused primarily on serious and still ongoing subjects and topic matter, such as slavery throughout the Americas. I believe it is crucial for everyone to learn about slavery and the effects that it carries through society today in order for us […]
I found the video for this weeks lecture quite interesting. I found that it focused primarily on serious and still ongoing subjects and topic matter, such as slavery throughout the Americas. I believe it is crucial for everyone to learn about slavery and the effects that it carries through society today in order for us […]
It’s not hard to imagine that after several generations following the mythical point of origin of Latin America, 1492, that residents of the Americas would begin to feel the itch for independence. I found it interesting to consider how the … Continue reading →
In this week’s readings, the influence of rights movements in Latin America was discussed. Some of the interesting points that…
The development or lack thereof of racism, in Latin America follows a very different path to the one we learnt about in North America and the rest of the world. The highly mixed society, and complex slave economy placed slaves into a category of their own, leaving the rest of society “void” of racial stratification. While […]
A question that arose in my mind while I was Reading Dawson’s analysis before the primary documents was why did certain countries like Cuba and Haiti’s emancipation begin with the efforts of the slaves themselves, and in other countries the movement began with Liberals and planters like in Brazil. I am also surprised that the […]
A question that arose in my mind while I was Reading Dawson’s analysis before the primary documents was why did certain countries like Cuba and Haiti’s emancipation begin with the efforts of the slaves themselves, and in other countries the movement began with Liberals and planters like in Brazil. I am also surprised that the […]
I found it very interesting when, in the chapter ‘Citizenship and Rights in the New Republics’, they wrote that ‘freedom and equality have always been the product of local circumstances’ (73). It’s as if they’re saying either that freedom and equality are subjective and look different to different people (that different people have different ideas … Continue reading Week Six →
I found it very interesting when, in the chapter ‘Citizenship and Rights in the New Republics’, they wrote that ‘freedom and equality have always been the product of local circumstances’ (73). It’s as if they’re saying either that freedom and equality are subjective and look different to different people (that different people have different ideas … Continue reading Week Six
