A protest is an organized event in which people join
to show that they don't approve of something.
They can help bring attention to issues that need to be addressed
and can be a positive way to make some sort of change happen.
The main purpose people take part in them is because they want change.
Their goal is to make others have a different perspective
on an issue which can sometimes lead to not peaceful protests.
This was the time when Islam started spreading through Africa and those who resisted it and fought wars against Islamic conquerors would be enslaved and sold. Europeans also started participating in this slave trade and would buy numerous slaves from the Arabs who would enslave their prisoners of war and who often traded with Europeans.
A meeting to discuss the inefficiency of the articles of confederation which was their constitution of the time.
