Imagine you are a slave trader. Why are you in this business? What are your feelings towards your slaves? Do you regard them as people‚ or property‚ or both? How would you justify feeling this way about your slaves? As a slave trader I’m in the business for trade‚ I have no remorse for the slaves I’m dealing with. Therefore‚ I do this for business and for business purpose only. There are times in life when you have to make difficult life-changing decisions to make money and being a slave trader
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Compare the 18th century African slave trade to a game of checkers. Played on a checkered board of 64 opposing colors‚ the object of checkers is to capture or block all the men of an opponent. Careful planning of attack and defense are key elements to winning. The Interesting Narrative of Olaudah Equiano does more than just detail the experiences of a former African slave‚ it sets forth the play sequence between the various players engaged in the slave trade‚ the emotions involved‚ the effects and
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people only saw blacks as less‚ and treated them very cruel. Though these races lived in the same country‚ they both had completely different ideas of their “American Dream.” In Olaudah Equiano’s story‚ The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano‚ he writes about the miserable journey to America‚ being forced to work as a slave for the white men‚ and the “American Dream” every slave lived. “The
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In the narrative “Narrative Life of Equiano” it is a narrative that he wrote to showcase the horrors and the fear he had to endure. The fight to stay alive‚ this was used to help stop slavery in the years later. The imagery in Olaudah Equiano narrative “Narrative of Life of Equiano” is used to highlight his misery. What would you expect when you are trapped on a boat against your free will held captive. Taken at the age of 11 with your sister. Not knowing what anyone is saying‚ speaking a different
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Jonathan Jones History 11 8/12/07 Movie Review The truth about the middle passage and slavery is brought to light in the movie "Amistad." In "Amistad" Joseph Cinque and fellow tribesmen from Africa are captured and put aboard a slave ship. Cinque and his companions organize a revolt aboard the ship and they take it over. Unfortunately when they try to head back to Africa they are captured and put in jail. Cinque and his people demand freedom from their captors. The ownership issue of the
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The Interesting Narrative of Equiano features a man who experienced several shifts in identity on his journey to freedom‚ as opposed to someone who worked to construct a specific identity. At the beginning of the narrative‚ Equiano presented the reader with his rendering of Africa—a portrayal of Africa often not in agreement with the Eurocentric view that several non-African native people share. He wiped away a misconstrued guise of primitive and inferior beliefs‚ describing the mannerisms of their
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The occurrence of La Amistad was a symbolic and meaningful part of American history‚ one in which Steven Spielberg tried to capture in his film. La Amistad‚ said to be one of the turning points of the abolishment of slavery and catalyst of Civil War‚ was a major event‚ which brought up the true meaning of morality and justice. The film’s accuracy of the factual events that occurred with the crisis of La Amistad can be noted and applauded for‚ and should help Americans realize that a nation can have
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Oral: * Background information on Olaudah Equiano and his life (who‚ what‚ when‚ where‚ and why). * Four specific facts regarding Olaudah Equiano. * Your personal views on each of the four facts that you present. Visual: * To complement your presentation‚ you must provide a minimum of four images that illustrate Olaudah Equiano’s life experiences. Notes: * Record the four facts that you are presenting in your own handwriting and provide them to your parent/guardian audience
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Imagine being plucked out of your everyday life and taken to a foreign land where you know you will spend the rest of your life doing a terrible job.#18 Amistad‚ the book by David Pesci‚ is a gruesome but true story that follows that narrative through the journey of illegally bought slaves on their odyssey from Africa through Cuba to America. In the spring of 1839 Singbe‚ Grabeau‚ and other tribesmen living in the heart of Africa were living their normal lives when they were captured and put on a
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an important one to look into is if gender had any role in this. Up until today we see gender have a large role in jobs‚ how hard someone is worked‚ and treatment towards each other. I will be comparing the slave lives of Mary Prince and Olaudah Equiano‚ both of the same time period of the late 1780’s. The story of Mary Prince describes Prince’s life while she was a slave‚ under multiple different
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