I was slightly confused with a few of the quotations on page 104. I felt they had significance, but I didn't quite grasp their full meaning. The first problem I had was with a quotation reading, "The danger is in Europe..."
Another quote was, "But the rest-- oh, my goodness! They die so quick too, that I haven't had time to send them out of the country--it's incredible!" Is this referring to the Europeans or to the Africans?
For your second quote I think it's referring to the Africans. I think it says that before they even send slaves to other countries they die because of the diseases brought by the Europeans.
ReplyDeleteThe second refers to both, I believe. I can see it being applied to the Africans dying so quickly after being worked to death but it can also be twisted to view the Europeans and their lack of immunization for the environment.
ReplyDeleteThe first quotation may pertain to the greed and corruption that is happening in Europe. The second quotation is referring to Europeans, because so many are getting sick from the unfamiliar environment in Africa that they usually end up dying in Africa rather than in Europe.
ReplyDeleteI agree with glorianne, but i think in this context it is the africans, the europpeans die more slowly from the diseases, still a lot, but not quite that quickly, versus so many africans just dropping off
ReplyDeleteI agree with Eddie and Glorianne, Though I do believe it is referring more so towards the many deaths of the Africans.
ReplyDeleteI agree with Glorianne in regard to the second quote you picked. The quote can be taken in terms of the Europeans or the Africans. The speaker could be saying that the Africans die so quickly that he doesn't have time to send them off to be sold or traded. The Africans were dying of plague and disease every day, so quickly it was difficult to keep track of the death toll. I think if the quote was to be taken in reference to the Europeans I think that he could be saying that the Europeans die so quickly from the humid and brutal environment that they don't have time to leave the country for treatment.
ReplyDeleteI agree with both Rayna and Glorianne in that the second quotation refers to the Europeans rather than the African Natives. The Europeans we not immune to horrible diseases that were not as harmful to the natives. Yet, the natives themselves did not have immunity to diseases Europeans brought.
ReplyDeleteI thought the first quote meant that everything in Africa was still controlled by Europe. The danger is in Europe because danger is where the power is.
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