HUMN 303 Week 6 DQ2 COLONIALISM AND SLAVERY
HUMN 303 Week 6 DQ2 COLONIALISM AND SLAVERY
HUMN 303 Week 6 DQ2 COLONIALISM AND SLAVERY
HUMN303 Introduction to the Humanities
This week, you’ll be studying more about powerful nations, such as Britain and France, colonizing other parts of the world. You’ll also be reading some hard things about slavery as part of trade and colonization. Let’s begin with discussing William Blake’s engraving, Negro Hung Alive by the Ribs to a Gallows (page 394 of your textbook). Who was William Blake? What was he doing at the time that he was inspired to create this engraving? How did colonialism, industry, and trade contribute to the slave trade?