The Tragedy of the Middle Passage
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The Tragedy of the Middle Passage
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The Capture of the Africans
In order to promote capture, Europeans traded guns to West Coast tribes
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Initial Fears
1) White skin
2) Ships
3) The Atlantic Ocean
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Construction of the slave shipMaximize “cargo” to maximize profit
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Space alotted each slaveLength= 6 feetHeight = 4 feet, 6 inches if luckyWidth= 18 inches
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“Tight Packers”Height = 18 inchesConsequences?
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OwnershipBranding
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Conditions Endured:
1) Seasickness = suffocation
2) Going to the bathroom= filth
3) Language barrier= deafening noise
• Cries for help• Desperately calling out for family• Prayers• Overcome by the whip
4) Darkness
5) Stifling temperatures (heat)
6) The chains- one size
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Maintaining disciplineThe Iron Muzzle
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Ensuring profit= healthy slavesNecessity of exercise
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A hopeless alternativeThe ships followed by sharks
A refusal to eat = the funnel
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Promotion of the System:
1) The MOST expensive slaves?
• Rape= Pregnancy= Profits
2) Desensitization
• Lack of remorse or sympathy
• Reinforces African inferiority
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Shocking Statistics:
1) Expected death rate on voyage= 12 %to 18%
2) Middle Passage endured by= 30 to 60 million Africans
3) Length of the Atlantic Slave Trade= @ 300 years