This is a map of three very important places in Haiti during the earthquake that occurred on January 12 2010. Each of these places played an important role for Haiti has as a "place" in the eyes of the outside world and how each place's role changed through a natural disaster. During the aftermath of the earthquake, there was much turmoil happening in Port-au-Prince. People were hurt, buildings were destroyed, and life was disrupted by 7.0 magnitude earthquake. One of the greatest tragedies that happened as a cause of this disaster was the destruction of the Palace National which was completely destructed and was later demolished. The second important place that was vital in the construction of place during the aftermath was Place du Marron which was used as a place for people to set up camp.

This map shows the data from the Atlantic Slave trade in 1777 and 1778, and records from hurricanes in 1898. The Slave trade is identified by a small blue ship and the Hurricanes are marked by variations of storm clouds based on their progression from a tropical depression all the way to a hurricane which have the hurricane symbol. The red place marks mark the place where slaves died along the journey. The darker colors mean there were higher death counts. The highest death counts were in the beginning and ending of the journey. This could be because of an influx in diseases or resistance. The start and end of the slave trade journey are marked by yellow stars.

This map demonstrates the relationship of rice farming and the relocation diffusion of African rice farmers into slavery. African people along the rice coast were captured and sold into slavery to wealthy South Carolinian families. The plantation owners in South Carolina used slave labor in order to build rice fields. There are several similarities and differences between the two types of rice fields. Both of the rice fields are constructed similarly, and have access to large water sources, levees, and ditches. However, the South Carolina rice fields are much larger in comparison to the African rice fields. Upon examination using the ruler tool in Google Earth, I have found that the South Carolina rice fields are about .15 miles in horizontal length, and .27 miles in vertical length while the African rice fields are only 02 miles in horizontal length and .04 miles in vertical length. In the reading by Sluyter, the size difference can be explained by the use of slave labor. There was more labor forced to do the work, so plantation owners were able to have much larger rice fields, while African rice farmers had limited labor sources and were farming for subsistence not trade goods. During my research I discovered that the African rice fields seem to be more organized and shallower than the American ones. This could be explained by the fact that the South Carolina rice fields were largely abandoned after the civil war,but the African rice fields are still being maintained today. I also observed that the African rice fields are much closer to the coast than the South Carolina rice fields. The South Carolina rice field. The African rice fields are only 2.23 miles from the coast, while the South Carolina rice fields average to be 28.75 miles from the coast. The difference in environment of African and North American may play a role in how these fields are situated.