The Slave Trade

[joyoflifee]

Voilà mon sujet était de me mettre dans la peau d'un marin ou d'un esclave du commerce triangulaire. Si quelqu'un peut regarder si j'ai des fautes et/ou ajouter quelques détails, je vous en remercie!!

I was working in the Liverpool Merchant in 1700. She was the first known slave ship and sailed from Liverpool to the West Africa. I was a sailor from this ship.

Arrived in Africa, I went captured Africans in their villages with other sailors. We took only adults and children abandoned because they couldn’t work like adults.

We backed slaves on the ship’s hull where packed them. Each slaves had 24 inches, they had little space to move. They had no privacy. The slaves’ travelling conditions were inhumane and humiliating. In the hull, it was noisy. Slaves couldn’t sleep. It was stank because slaves couldn’t wash, neither go to the toilets. They couldn’t breathe fresh air and they could be sick. This document show slaves locked in the hull. They stripped naked in bunk beds. They tied up with handcuffs and chains.

hen we went to the middle passage, from Africa to America for exchange slaves against tobacco, sugar, cotton and coffee. They were sailed to the colonies and were forced to labour.

Finally, we backed to Europe for sell goods.

I saw slaves dehumanized, the trader’s behaviour is pitiless, merciless, cruel. Traders must regret having to misbehave because they acted in profits. Slaves deserved not it. I was shocked by these practices: for example when we whipped slaves as on the photograph:

[Barfi1]

I used to work in the Liverpool Merchant in 1700. It was the first known slave ship which sailed from Liverpool to the West Africa. I was a sailor on this ship.

When we arrived in Africa, I captured Africans in their villages with the other sailors. We only took adults and abandoned children because they couldn’t work like adults.

Then, the slaves were taken on the ship. Each slaves measured 24 inches. On the ship they were not able to move and had no privacy. The traveling conditions were severe and humiliating. The slaves were not able to sleep. They used to stink because they were not allowed to take a bath , neither go to the toilets. They couldn’t breathe fresh air and fell sick. This document shows the conditions of slaves who were locked in the hull. They were tied up with handcuffs and chains.

Then we went to the middle passage, from Africa to America to exchange slaves against tobacco, sugar, cotton and coffee. They were sold to colonies and were forced to to work.

Finally, we came back to Europe to sell the goods.

I saw how slaves were dehumanized, the traders behavior were pitiless, merciless, cruel. Traders must be ashamed about their behavior. They only thought about their own profit. Slaves didn't deserve this fate. I was shocked by these practices especially when they used to whip slaves.