Wednesday, December 7, 2011

Wednesday Homework - 12/7

Homework:


Complete STEP 4 of the 4-Step Evidence from Slave Trade Sources. Must complete Source B to Source F.

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Below is an Example from SOURCE A. Follow this Example to complete STEP 4 for the rest of the sources.


STEP 1: Introduce evidence: who said it, in what speech/ text, (what year).

Author: Olaudah Equiano
Title: The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano
Year: ?
STEP 2: Quote/Observation:


“two of my wearied countrymen who were chained together preferring death to such a life of misery”
STEP 3: Explain the evidence in your own words: (“this shows” “this means”)

This means that the Middle Passage caused Africans to commit suicide.
STEP 4: (When your write this in your essay/paragraph, it becomes à)

Olaudah Equiano in his book The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano states “two of my wearied countrymen who were chained together preferring death to such a life of misery”, meaning that African slaves were committing suicide during the Middle Passage.

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4 comments:

Jessie-chan said...

Source B
In David and John Deas' Negroe Auction Sign from 1769 stated "a cargo of ninety-four prime healthy negroes" meaning that Africans are going to sold as slaves.

Source C
Josiah Wedgwood's picture called Am I Not A Man & A Brother from 1787 showed a man pleading to the sky,'am I not a man and a brother' meaning that an African man asking if he's not a human or why isn't he treated like one.

Source D
French Slave Ship Plans from 1771 shows slaves lined up,naked across a boat deck,this shows that the conditions on the boat is poor and there is hardly any space to move around.
Source E
McDougal Little Textbook World History:Patterns of Interaction The Journey Across from 2008 stated "Negroes were so willful & loth to leave their country that they often leap out of canoes,boat,and ship into the sea,and kept under water till they drown' meaning captured Africans wanted to go back to Africa even if it mean they'll die.

Source F
From pbs.org there is a Map of Triangular Trade made in 2002 shows the the slave trade go around in a triangular trade.This means that the trade cycle always start and ends in a route that formed a triangle.

Fred Yah said...

Source B: David and John Deas' Negroe auction sing of 1769. A cargo of 94 prime healthy negroes" meaning that they took 94 healthy African to be sold as slaves.

Source C" Josiah Wedgwood, "Am I Not A Man And A Brother?" In 1787. Showing a man pleading to the people bout " Am I Not A Man And A Brother" Meaning that an African person asking the people if he not a human and why he not being treated like one

Source D" French Slave Ship From 1771 show bunch of slave crowded up in a ship. This meaning that there wasn't enough room for people to being moving around an the way they was treating the slave.

Source D: MCDougal Little Text World History: Patterns of Interaction During the 1690 "The negroes were so willful and loth to leave their own country, that they often leap out of the canoes, boat and ship, into the sea, and kept under water till they were drowned." African wanted to go back to there home even if it meant there life was taken away from them.

Source F: Website pbs.org 2002 Map of triangular trade... The show the trade that were made during the time period.. This mean that the trade always end up in a circle where it started from....

Source G:By Destination Slave import in 1451-1870
Destination and total slave import This show the different states that slave were imported to and the amount of slave that were imported there.

kadhafi said...

homework

Negroes auction sign by David and John Deas in 1769 "A cargo of 94 prime, healthy negroes" This means that people sold Africans and thought they were like animals.

Josiah wedgwood am i not a man and a brother? in 1787 a man kneeling saying am i not a man and a brother?"This means we are all the same and should be treated fairly.

French slaves ship plans in 1771 A crowded ship with slaves from Africa. They are lying down and being stered. This means the conditions for slaves were terrible during the middle passage. Slaves were not treated as humans.

Aminata said...

Source D: slaves ship
this picture show how the slave were live in the board...in 1771

Source B: Negro Auction
Describe how the slave was mistreated and sold like a thing...by David & John Deas in 1769

Source C: Am i not a man and a brother
that s question means why i am treated like animal not like a person...by Josiah Wedwood in 1787

Source E: The Journey Accross
sucide comitted by slave some of them prefer to end themselves than be slaves for ever...by McDougal little notebook in 2008

Source G: Estimate slaves destination
this chart is showing the number of slaves and their destination to another state...from 1451*1870