SETTLING NORTH AMERICA 1497 1732
RISE OF THE SLAVE TRADE BLACK HISTORY IN COLONIAL AMERICA
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To show students what the ship looks like
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To show the boat in color format
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None of the answers
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To show how they attempted to improve slave ship conditions in the slave act of 1788
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Detailed explanation-1: -Slave ships were large cargo ships specially built or converted from the 17th to the 19th century for transporting slaves. Such ships were also known as “Guineamen” because the trade involved human trafficking to and from the Guinea coast in West Africa.
Detailed explanation-2: -Created in 1787, the image illustrates how enslaved Africans were transported to the Americas and depicts a slave ship loaded to its full capacity – 454 people crammed into the hold. The ‘Brookes’ sailed the passage from Liverpool via the west coast of Africa to islands in the Caribbean.
Detailed explanation-3: -The terrible conditions for those captive aboard slave vessels on the infamous Middle Passage across the Atlantic meant dysentery, fever, small-pox and eye diseases were common, compounded by over-crowding and poor ventilation below deck.
Detailed explanation-4: -As the slave trade begin in 17th century, the slaves were bought from local chieftians. After branding and shackling, the slaves were packed tightly into voyage for the three month long wire across the Atlantic to the Caribbean. At the African coast, they were sold to plantation owners.