The Slave trade began with the Portuguese and the Spanish, history books record shows that in 1502, a man named Juan de cordoba from Seville was the first merchant to send an African slave to the new world.
In the early stages of the slave trade, the Spanish authorities only permitted its merchants to sell a limit of three slaves, by 1504, several Africans were captured from a Portuguese vessel. Then they made their way to the court of King James IV in Scotland. When the English joined the slave trade in 1562, almost about sixty years after the Spanish, they scaled up the human trade. This was shattering to Africa, Human trafficking has never been pretty…Click Here To Continue Reading>> …Click Here To Continue Reading>>
John Hawkins of Plymouth in October 1562 became the first English sailor to get slaves to sell in the West Indies, He got about 300 Africans from Sierra Leone. He traded the slaves illegally in the Spanish colonies and made a lot of profit and so, other opportunists join him. This led to strains in the relations between England and Spain.
The true story of Jesus of Lubeck
John Hawkins was from a famous shipping family. His father William Hawkins was the man who made the first expeditions to West Africa in 1527.
When John Hawkins went on his first expedition, he had gone in search of commercial materials such as dyewoods on the Guinea coast. After sailing to the Gulf of Guinea, he ventured into the region which is present-day Sierra Leone and captured between 300 to 500 Africans. He did this by pillaging Portuguese ships.
He used forcefulness and artifice to lure Africans to go along with him. John Hawkins promised them free land and riches in the new world. He was responsible for selling most of the slaves in the Dominican Republic. He returned home in a ship full of ivory, hides, sugar. After selling the goods and slaves, he made a lot of profit. This helped kick start the slave trade.
An account of the story that claims that Hawkins used to say to everyone that he was a devout Christian and missionary. When he came off his ship and found the Sierra Leoneans harvesting their crops, he told them of a God named Jesus and asked who wanted Jesus to be their savior. The hundreds who indicated yes were then led to the ship. The name of the ship was ‘Jesus of Lubeck’. It was also known as ‘The Good Ship Jesus’.
He asked the naïve Africans to enter the ship to be saved. As many as entered the ship were not allowed to disembark. The ship sailed away and the deceived Africans were sold to merchants in the West Indies.
This charlatan used the name of Jesus to deceive naïve African into being sold as slaves
Mother left everyone in disbelief after they heard her excuse why she left her baby alone with pit bull only for the dog to chew on the child’s hands and leave her without 5 fingers!
The young mother, later identified as Chloe, was arrested and charged with neglect after leaving her baby daughter with pit bull. The dog reportedly chewed on the baby’s hand when she left her alone, resulting in the girl losing 5 fingers.
Three of the fingers on the girl’s left hand were fully amputated and two fingers on her right hand were partially amputated. The incident left neighbors startled and in disbelief.
The mother reportedly left her 3-month-old baby alone with the dog so she could take a shower. During and interview with investigators, the 21-year-old mom said that she was feeling ill and put the little girl in her bassinet before heading to the bathroom, per reports.
The woman then turned on the shower and turned it back off again when she heard the baby girl scream. Chloe then found the 3-month-old pit bull puppy chewing on the baby’s hands. She wrapped the baby’s hands in cloth and called 911…Click Here To Continue Reading>> …Click Here To Continue Reading>>
You just don’t. Thank God the baby’s still alive,’ neighbor, Kecia said. NBC2 reports the three-month-old puppy that was just brought into the home less than 24 hours earlier after the mother coming across a post for the dog on Facebook.
The mother was charged with child neglect following a four-month-long investigation. Investigators in bringing charges forward said the mother kept changing stories as to why she left the baby alone with the pit bull.
The puppy was quarantined as part of protocol following a bite. The pit bull passed the quarantine and was transferred to the Animal Welfare League.
As the baby recovers with family members, the mother, who posted $7,500 bond, was granted supervised visitation. This incident remains under investigation.
The resulting diagnosis was shocking and horrifying: acute disseminated encephalomyelitis, or ADEM.
This extremely rare condition causes brain swelling, and Ellis now has repeated seizures as a result.
ADEM is a little-understood disease that can begin from even a small infection.
It causes negative reactions to the white matter of the brain, which then affects the body’s immune system.
The result is a severe allergic reaction that involves attacking the immune system and the eroding of nerves’ protective layers.
This condition tends to affect different people in different ways, meaning it is usually impossible for doctors to provide an accurate prognosis – as is the case with Ellis.
It is unsure whether Ellis will recover, how severe his condition is, or if he will have any long-term effects from it.
After the AEDM diagnosis, Ellis was placed in a medically-induced coma and rushed to the Leeds General Infirmary.
A week later, another scan revealed that the swelling was no longer just in Ellis’ brain – it was beginning to make its way down his spine.
He was also having mini-seizures due to the brain swelling. But it’s not all bad news – after a while of being on a ventilator, Ellis is able to breathe on his own again.
The Sick Children’s Trust has put up Ellis’ family, including his three brothers, the youngest of which still doesn’t know what is really happening to Ellis.
Ellis, meanwhile, is still in a coma with his parents by his bedside as he receives the 24/7 care that he needs.
It is still unknown whether Ellis will recover fully or not, but doctors are doing everything they can to provide information to his worried family.
It’s expected that Ellis will be at the hospital for at least a couple of months, and will then need constant care at home once he is able to leave.
In order to ease the financial strain, family and friends, as well as Ellis’ school Clayton St John CE Primary School, have been working hard to raise funds for the family.
Ellis is a strong, tough boy and everyone is rooting for him and hoping for his recovery.
A fundraiser for the family with a £5,000 target goal has been set up, and around 92% of funds have been raised at the time of writing.
If you’d like to donate to the cause, you can do so at their JustGiving page.
Losing a child can be a devastating event, no matter what age.It is, however, universally agreed upon that it is worse when the child is lost at such a young age.
Sadly, this sort of early death is expected for some families, due to the circumstances that their child is involved in.
Despite the advancement of modern medicine, there are still plenty of children who suffer from severe health problems from either a young age or even from birth. These children are often predicted to not survive very long.
This latest bout of illness seemed to be the last one she could handle – the girl was forced to stay in the hospital for seven weeks, completely dependant on life support.
It was at this point that Colleen Banton, her mother, was forced to make a heartbreaking decision.
In the interest of not prolonging her daughter’s suffering, she opted to keep the ventilator off the next time her daughter was strong enough to breathe on her own.
It was essentially plugging the plug for the girl – by this point, Colleen had decided that should her daughter’s time had come, then there was no use in delaying the inevitable.
While praying with friends and family who had come out to support this mother, Colleen was suddenly called over to a nearby monitor by the pediatrician nurse.
There, her attention was directed to the bright light that had appeared in front of the door to the pediatrician unit.
Astonished, Colleen took a quick photo of it with her camera, then went to check this strange light in person.
Oddly enough, it wasn’t there physically.
A miracle occurred shortly thereafter – three days later, Chelsea was well enough to return home once again.
Colleen is convinced that the figure was an angel who helped her daughter.
Chelsea would then go on to live for another 7 more years before passing away in 2015, at the age of 21.