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Minute-by-minute: Tracing Bristol's roots April 5, 2012 Jasmine Dumeng

Summary: The city of Bristol is trying to capture what their city has been through throughout the years. The city holds many great memories that shouldn't be forgotten. The city has a reputation, which is the big centre for slavery. One of the million memories the city has, is that it was greatly involved with slave trade. Slave trade was a big deal in the 18th century, it helped the city prosper in so many ways. Not many slaves lived in Bristol, people just traded slaves from there but, they were brought in from Africa and sent out to America. There is only about 6,000 black Caribbean descents that lives in Bristol today. The majority of the people are White British. The city is still a little segregated but the people who lives there doesn't think so. One of the citizens claimed that there has not been any segregation or violence ever since the St. Pauls riots in 1980's. History has always shown the city of Bristol segregated by slavery and oppression. Many conservative groups are still not willing to accept different races living in the city. Bristol is trying to progress ahead with the music of each culture bringing everyone together.

Relevance: Slavery was not the only tragic thing that shaped the world. The holocaust also shaped the world in many ways. The holocaust killed approximately 6 million Jews by the Nazi regime. The Nazis came into power in Germany in January 1933. The Nazi believed that they were racially superior and that the Jews was a threat to their race. With the threat in mind the Nazi's made concentration camps. Concentration camps was originally made to hold political prisoners and opponents of the regime. Then the concentration camps became a place where millions of ordinary people were enslaved as part of the war effort, often starved, tortured, and killed. To remember this tragic event many museums was created. For example the United States Holocaust Museum consist of more than 900 artifacts, 70 video monitors, and four theaters that include historic film footage and eyewitness testimonies. This museums shows a lot of primary sources and it helps people get a better understanding on what the Jews went through, through this crucial time period.

Evaluation: Even though slavery doesn't exist as much now, it is important that the past is still remembered. Many cities have museums that includes ancient artifacts from slave ships such as shackles, bunks and photos. Slavery has brought America were it is today and it played a big part in making America a slave free country and bringing equality to all the states. Learning about these topics is very important because it shows respect for the people that had to go through the pain and suffering. With these museums and snapshots of cities it will help the event not be forgotten and the people be more educated on these topics.

Questions: 1. Do museums portray all the pain and suffering the victims went through? 2. Since, technology is uprising will the museum rates go down? 3. 100 years from now, will people still study the major events?

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