Middle Passage Experience
Describe the experiences of How is this account similar
people in the Middle
Passage.
Document A: Portuguese the people were slaves and
textbook account portugese had a lot of
money behind it. When
they refused to eat their
food they would get it
shoved down their throat.
Document D: Slave Ship The slaves ship diagram had
Diagram to be made because that
was the law for them to be
able to transfer trade for
the slave trade. It also had
to show what kind of ship it
was.
Document E: Epuano was a slave that
Autobiography of a Former was kidnapped. he was
born in West Africa and
Slave
was sold to the Eropeans
to become a slave for the
slave trade when
kidnaped by the African
tribe and they brought
him to Virginia. he was
kidnaped by a African
tribe as a young boy.
Everyone thought he was
born in South carolina.
Eventually he purchased
his own freedom and was
a regular person. then he
wrote a biography about
him being a slave in the
slave trade.
Name:
Is this a reliable source to
to or different from the
other sources?
it is talking about the slave
trade and Portugese joining
it and the trade growing
bigger. The slaves were
sold to the Europeans for
the slave trade.
They needed to do
something for the leader
and it also came with a
price. Everything has to
come with a price. and that
is how they were able to
trade.
It is talking about how
Equano a little kid was
kidnapped from a African
tribe and sold to the
Europeans to be sold for
the slave trade for Virginia
he eventually bought his
way through freedom and
he eventually did and got
his freedom after that he
wrote a biography about
how he was a slave in the
slave trade.
understand the Middle
Passage? Why or why not?
Yes, Because they are not
relying on the slaves'
health, they are getting the
slaves in trouble just so
they can get hurt by them.
and they would kill them
over food and them not
eating it like they offered it.
It was like a disrespectful
thing to do in the slave's
time.
Yes, they had to have ships
to be able to trade things to
other countries or colonies.
they needed to be able to
ship off slaves to a colony
or a country.
No, it is a little different
than the other documents
they are talking about how
they were punished and
how they were shipped off
to the slave trade, and this
one is talking about a man
and his experience being a
slave. He also became a
writer. He wrote a
biography about his
experience of the slave
trade and how he was a
slave.