SETTLING NORTH AMERICA 1497 1732
RISE OF THE SLAVE TRADE BLACK HISTORY IN COLONIAL AMERICA
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Question
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They preferred death to slavery.
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to sway public opinion about slavery
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to contrast life in Africa and life in Barbados
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to provide detailed information on 18th century sea travel
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Detailed explanation-1: -In The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano, slaves jumped off the ship because they preferred death to slavery. In The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano, the slaves didn’t want to leave the ship in Barbados because they were afraid they would be eaten?
Detailed explanation-2: -Often when an uprising failed, the mutineers would jump en masse into the sea. Slaves generally believed that if they jumped overboard, they would be returned to their family and friends in their village or to their ancestors in the afterlife.
Detailed explanation-3: -Why do these three Africans jump from the ship? They would rather die than to continue to live like that. They also thought that they were going to be eaten when they got to Barbados. What is the African’s first thought about what will happen when they reach Barbados and are examined by the merchants?
Detailed explanation-4: -Why are the slaves so frightened upon learning they must leave the ship? They fear they will drown as they leave.