So, after doing some research on what I thought was my original topic (The Atlantic Slave Trade) Dr. Berg suggested that I might want to narrow it down to slaves in New York. I think he is right because that is a more narrow topic and I should be able to find plenty of information on it. When browsing through the databases, I came across this fantastic article on African Americans and slavery in New York, which I shared in class today. I had twelve articles printed, and I wrote notes that I thought stuck out down in ink, like notes! My information, though, was very broad, only because I haven’t begun to dig deep yet, which I think I might do over break with my free time. What I did find was interesting, though. I was researching the Slave Trade and the article I mentioned earlier popped up. It went into detail about how African American’s were forced to work on European ships. Different European ships would seize each other and capture the staff (mostly all African Americans) and it said that those captured were either killed or sold to areas in the West Indies and South America. New York became one of the major cities where slave labor was common. This article said that almost anything you bought was either grown, produced or manufactured by African Americans. After sharing this information, I was happy that Dr. Berg suggest me doing African Americans in New York because I had kind of already wanted/planned to do that. So it looks like this is my subject! Dr. Berg also told me about a book where I could find information and I’m rather excited to read it because I am very interested in my subject and I love books. Two positives equals a positive! I will continue researching throughout break and update briefly on information that I find. If there is anyone in our class that has the same subject or something similar, go ahead and give me a comment Maybe we can exchange ideas and information and make this as fun as it can be. If not, I wish you luck with all of your topics!