Friday, January 15, 2010

Colonization

The best place to live during colonization would be South Africa.
The reason South Africa would be the best place to live because all of the other colonies had a big problem that occurred some time or another. For the American natives, it was moving west. For the Australians it was domestication of aborigine. And for Rwanda it was the genocide. South Africa did have it pretty rough, I’m not saying they didn’t, but I am saying that I think they had it the least bad out of the other colonies and native people. South Africa was the fairest colony in my opinion. They were free people that were pretty much allowed to keep their own culture and go on doing their own thing. There were a few wars between the two different cultures but South Africa had strong fighters which made them capable of keeping their land.
Another reason why South Africa would have been the best place to live in during these times was the fact that they did not have slaves. Other colonies had slaves or servants that were treated badly. South Africa’s people were not treated as well as they should have been treated, but they still were not enslaved. They were free people who worked for what they had. The other colonies would take people into slavery or take children and try to domesticate them and train them to serve white families. Colonies would take natives and try to Christianize and Americanize them. South Africa had it rough, but they didn’t have to go through these kinds of things. South Africa was the safest place to be a native because they were able to maintain freedom, they weren’t forced to change their religion or culture, and they were basically able to stay in their own land.

No comments:

Post a Comment