Great Leaders - Nnamdi Azikiwe and Patrick Henry :: World History

Great Leaders - Nnamdi Azikiwe and Patrick Henry both(prenominal) Nnamdi Azikiwe and Patrick Henry though they haved more than two hundred years apart(predicate) from each other, were leaders of their own time. They both stand firmd by unbearable, and inhumane conditions. Nnamdi Azikiwe through slavery in Nigeria, and Patrick Henry through the unbearable things that Great Britain had determined upon the colonists. The conditions in both of their times might have been similar, but for certain not equal. The Africans were under much worse conditions than the colonists. They had to deal with the segregation of completely the people around them. Separate benches, and even different restrooms for the Nigerians and the white men. The ex-servicemen didnt happen the same privileged that the white men did. They were denied many things. Political freedom, sparing security and social emancipation. They had to give up all that was theirs so that others could observe over them. The Nige rians were denied their basic human right that all people get. They were inured as if they of another kind like an animal or beast. slavery was one of the worst things that the Nigerians had to live through. Working for others, and barely earning what would be equitable enough for their families, if they even got that, because some didnt get any money if they were stolen, so that other Nigerians could get money. They were sold, traded and tossed around as if they were not people. They were forced to live under humiliating conditions. The conditions were unbearable to what the average person in the States might be able to handle in this day and age. The Nigerians were part from one of the most basic rights that we have here in the States today. The right to freedom, and the pursuit of happiness. Through these conditions it is unnatural to live life, so that is wherefore they needed their freedom. The Americans were treated in a similar way. They were forced to live under laws th at today would seem to be the craziest ideas, and they seems like they could never actually happen to anybody, but they did a very long time ago. They were revenue enhancemented study amounts. They paid taxes on almost every item. There was only tax on the items that they purchased from Great Britain, However they got all their items from Great Britain because there was no other place that they could get these items, so they paid taxes on everything.