Rheumatoid Arthritis Self-Care. You can be an effective self manager of RA by taking a proactive role in your own treatment and maintain a good quality of life. As a complement to a medication program, here are some ways that can help manage symptoms and promote overall health.
Introduction. Slavery in America began when the first African slaves were brought to the North American colony of Jamestown, Virginia, in 1619, to aid in the production of such lucrative crops as tobacco.
Since the Africans seemed to survive longer than the native Indians, the Spanish began to look eastward for a new source of slave labor. In 1518, King Charles V of Spain granted the first license to sell African slaves in the Spanish colonies of America. The West African slave trade had begun.This building on the coast of Africa once was a headquarters for the British slave trade.n 1860, Nathaniel Gordon, one of the last American slave ship captains, made a voyage to West Africa and loaded his ship, the Erie, with 900 Africans, 600 of whom were children.