How whale oil affected human freedom

Many ships of these trades had other hidden agendas, like blackbirding and slave trading.

One example of this is captain Thomas James McGrath of the Tasmanian whaler Grecian, In June 1863 he reached 'Ata and invited people on board for trading, when at least half of the population, at least 144 people, was onboard he locked the compartments and the ship departed from the atoll. These people never returned to their homes.

in 1897, pershing became a tactical officer at west point, and that's where he was given the nickname "black jack." pershing's first name is "john," for which "jack" is a nickname, and he was a white man who commanded black troops. hence "black jack".

native americans suffered high rates of poverty and unemployment.

during the late 1960s and early 1970sthe need for political militancy grew among the native americans. throughout the 1960s, they had been the nation's poorest minority group, the most deprived group, according to practically every socioeconomic measure. in 1970, the indian unemployment rate was 10 times the national average, and 40 percent of the native american people were below the poverty line.