3. read the two passages from primary source
o passages from primary sources about the atlantic slave trade and make a
historical argument based on the information they contain. then compare how the wo
interpret the events described. (4 points)
time period.
passage 1: olaudah equiano
this passage is from the autobiography of olaudah equiano, an african man sold into slavery.
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the first object which saluted my eyes when i arrived on the coast was the
sea, and a slave waiting for its cargo. these filled me with
astonishment, which was soon converted into i was immediately
handled and tossed up to see if i were sound by some of the crew; and
was now persuaded that i had got into a world of bad spirits, and that they
were going to kill i was soon put down under the decks, and there i
received such a salutation in my nostrils as i had never experienced in my
life: so that, with the loathsomeness of the stench, and with my crying together i became so sick and low that i was not able to eat i now wished for the last friend death to relieve me but soon to my grief two of the white men offered me eatables and on my refusing to eat one of them held me and laid me across i think the windlass and tied my feet while the white people looked and acted as i thought i’m so savage manner for i had never seen such instances of brutal cruelty and this is not only shown towards us blacks but also to some of the whites themselves
passage 2 : alexander falcon ridge this passage is a first hand account of a british doctor who worker aboard slave ships. he late became an advocate for ending the slave trade.
on being brought aboard the ship the men are immediately fastened together , two and two , by handcuffs on their wrists and by irons riveted on their legs. they are then sent down between the decks and placed in an apartment partitioned off for that purpose. the women also are placed in a separate apartment between the decks but without being ironed. an adjoining room on the same deck is appointed for the boys. thus they are all placed in different apartments.