Life Aboard a Slave Ship | History

"We were taken in the ship that waited for us. When I looked around the ship too and saw a large furnace of copper boiling, and a multitude of black people of every description chained together, every one of their countenances expressing dejection and sorrow, I no longer doubted my fate and, quite overpowered with horror and anguish, I fell motionless on the deck and fainted."—Olaudah Equiano, The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano, 1789 Based on the excerpt, what can be inferred about the conditions aboard slave ships during the transatlantic journey?A Enslaved Africans faced deplorable conditions, including overcrowding, chains, and extreme emotional distressB Enslaved Africans were treated with dignity and respect by the ship's crewC The journey was short and relatively comfortable for the enslaved individualsD The ships primarily transported goods and commodities, with few enslaved individuals onboard

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For slaves, the trip across the Atlantic was called what?Group of answer choicesThe Georgia ExperimentThe Middle PassageThe Great VoyageThe Slave DIaspora

In 1839 who led the mutiny of 53 enslaved people on the Spanish slave ship Amistad?Nat TurnerPeter QuillingJoseph CinquéToussaint Louverture

According to the Amistad lecture, during the transatlantic slave trading era the migratory patterns of flesh eating birds and fish changed for a 400 year period?Group of answer choicesTrueFalse