Right from the start of chapter 2 in the first paragraph, we see this idea of salves\u2014” She came, she traded, and shortly afterwards was gone. Probably no ship in modern history has carried a more portentous freight. Her cargo? Twenty slaves\u201d (23). From reading the first paragraph, it never occurred to me that we aren\u2019t taught that there are slaves brought to Jamestown. While I was in elementary school, we took a field trip to Jamestown\u2014while here, what I recall, the workers reenact what life was like during the settlement, and not one of the workers was a person of color. Jamestown and education failed to mention the idea of slaves during the early part of the English settlement.<\/p>\n
Another interesting thought that really was never taught was the idea that Zinn states, \u201cThe Indians were on their own land. The whites were in their own European culture\u201d (25). The Europeans did not ask, they just took and kept taking what they wanted. The natives were forced by the Europeans to move and make room. I wish that just simple phrases and ideas like this were taught in history. We are taught that natives were here, but never taught that this truly was their home and their life. Going back to the first Thanksgiving\u2026 we are taught that it was peaceful and there was no conflict at all. No mention of the natives they were basically forced to give way to the Europeans. In a way, all the Europeans thought that they were superior to everyone else. Going back to Columbus he did not care about the lives of natives. If they were in his way, oh well move them out. The Europeans in almost every case thought that they were the shit and we are taught that they are pretty much just that. History in schools needs rewriting.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Right from the start of chapter 2 in the first paragraph, we see this idea of salves\u2014” She came, she traded, and shortly afterwards was…<\/p>\n