Chapter 15: Global Commerce part II

The second part of the chapter was primarily focused on slavery. This is a topic that I have learned over and over again. What was different about the text that I read this time was the fact that there was a clear description of how racism and slavery became a topic that went hand and hand with one another. The slave journey  the Middle Passage wasn't described as in the other text books. I remember it being very disturbing and being gross, but the textbook doesn't touch on the journey, which I believe is the most powerful when it comes to connection between the Europeans and African Americans. Europeans really showed their true colors when it came to the way that they treated the slaves and other servants that they had. Overall this chapter touches the surface of slavery and the population of the Americas and the extended trade of human beings in various countries.