Q: Read this post from a blog documenting the history of West Indians (people from the Caribbean islands). The blog post discusses several of the issues faced by workers during the construction of the Panama Canal. Write a short journal entry from the point of view of one of the West Indian workers detailing the dangers they faced during the construction of one of the most pivotal man made structures in the world.
A: The building of the panama canal went through 2 phases. The French ( 1881-1889) and American ( 1904-1914) period. In that time building it their were 500 people died every mile, but in a total of deaths they said around 25,000. Some diseases Malaria, Yellow Fever, dysentery, typhoid,dengue they all took a grand toll on lives. It was also know as the "the white mans grave". Although, Panama was also way more deadly for black men then it was for the white. The most brave people through out that time were known as the "Powder men", and they were the ones that transported dynamite my head, and shoulders along with the men who drilled holes on the rocky precipices, regarding in the "accidental explosions."
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