The idea of indentured servitude was used when Virginia was first founded. However, this practice eventually got replaced by slavery because of the mortality rate, economical usage, and the rising population of free men.

A Short Essay about the survival of slaver in the southern colonies.

On the progression of the Native American culture from colonial times to present day.

It can more appropriately be called the great American Evolution.

A modern English translation of the Declaration of Independence, re-written so that 21st century people like you and me can understand it better and easier than ever before. God bless America!

Bartolome de Las Casas was a monk who worked hard to protect Native American life during the colonial process in North and South America. He was one of the first defenders of native rights and was instrumental in raising this issue in Europe. In this document, we read a small passage of what he wrote and then analyze the text.

The story of early settlers in Newfoundland.

One of the original provinces of the Union of South Africa. Originally founded by the Dutch East India Company in 1652 to supply its fleets headed to the East Indies with fresh food, Cape Colony had fallen into British hands by the start of the nineteenth century during the course of the Napoleonic Wars.

A West African territory and German colony as of 1884. After centuries of intermittent contact with Europeans eager to trade for slaves, ivory, rubber, and palm products, Cameroon was colonized by Germany and quickly became the largest and most important of its West African possessions.

Britain’s original holdings in Africa were acquired to support the slave trade. The Royal African Company was founded in 1672 to exploit the West African slave trade on a more systematic basis than had the buccaneers of the previous century.