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What is it?. What is it?. What is it?. What is it?. What is it?. What is this?. What is it?. Photo of archaeologically recovered shackles from the Slave Ship The Henrietta Marie 1700. It transported about 200 slaves from the Bight of Biafra to Jamaica. The Middle Passage.

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What is it?

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  1. What is it?

  2. What is it?

  3. What is it?

  4. What is it?

  5. What is it?

  6. What is this?

  7. What is it?

  8. Photo of archaeologically recovered shackles from the Slave Ship The Henrietta Marie 1700. It transported about 200 slaves from the Bight of Biafra to Jamaica.

  9. The Middle Passage Lesson Objectives • To understand what conditions were like on the middle passage

  10. What story could these tell?

  11. Today we are going to: • To investigate the transportation of slaves from Africa to America • What was life like for slaves crossing the Middle Passage?

  12. The Slave Trade Triangle Middle Passage

  13. Setting the scene: • The journey often took many weeks • The weather could often be horrendous • Many slaves had never before seen the sea • The slaves had been ripped apart from their families. What do you predict about the slave’s journey?

  14. Account by a slave who was taken to work in the West Indies. I saw many of my miserable countrymen chained together, some with their hands tied behind their backs. We were taken to a place near the coast and I asked the guide why we were here. He told me that I was to learn the ways of the white-faced people. He took a gun, some cloth and some metal in exchange for me. This made me cry bitterly. I was then taken to a ship where I saw my fellow captives moaning and crying.

  15. Senses task 1) Hear 2) see The senses task 4) Touch/feel 3) Smell

  16. What was life like for the slaves crossing the Middle Passage? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mXS6JAhMe1Q Watch the film clip

  17. What things did you notice about the middle passage from the film Amistad? Explain in your books some of the things you saw on the film

  18. What was the Slaves experience of the Middle Passage? The Life of Olaudah Equiano the African Imagine you experienced his life – think of emotions you would feel

  19. Olaudah Equiano • Snatched from my village - Tied with chains and rope.

  20. Olaudah Equiano • Taken to the coast and put onto a ship – 600 slaves packed onto the ship - we are forced below decks.

  21. Olaudah Equiano • Chained together hands and feet. Packed in like spoons - no room to move. (Length 5ft 6in/width 16inches)

  22. Olaudah Equiano • The heat is unbearable - I gasp for breath!

  23. Olaudah Equiano • A mixture of unpleasant smells - urine, faeces, and vomit.

  24. Olaudah Equiano • I hear the shrieks of women and the groans of the dying.

  25. Olaudah Equiano • Food is served – one bucket between 10 men.

  26. Olaudah Equiano • I refuse to eat. I am flogged as a punishment!

  27. Olaudah Equiano • A slave rebels – his hands and feet are cut off!

  28. Olaudah Equiano • A slave commits suicide – he jumps over board.

  29. Olaudah Equiano • The crew rape slave women.

  30. Olaudah Equiano • Disease and death spreads

  31. Olaudah Equiano • The sick and dying are thrown alive overboard.

  32. Olaudah Equiano • Twice a week we are forced to dance on deck – or be whipped!

  33. Olaudah Equiano • The journey takes two to three months – the crossing is rough!

  34. Olaudah Equiano • I am scrubbed with gun powder, lemon juice and palm oil!

  35. Olaudah Equiano • I am SOLD at auction to Captain Henry Pascal, a British naval officer.

  36. Do you think Ouladah Equiano’s story is more or less useful to us than Amistad? Why?

  37. Add your own emotions Terrified What sort of emotions do you think he will feel throughout his journey? Angry Physically sick Nauseous Upset Scared

  38. What was life like for the slaves crossing the Middle Passage? Terrified Physically sick Nauseous Scared Angry Upset Choose your own emotions 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17

  39. Activity • Copy the statements 1 to 17 in your exercise books. • Draw out the living graph • y axis (6 words from your emotion list) • x axis write the numbers 1 to 17 • Plot your emotions against the story.

  40. What was life like for the slaves crossing the Middle Passage? Terrified Physically sick Nauseous Scared Angry Upset Choose your own emotions 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17

  41. Plenary • Describe the living conditions on board the Slave Ship? • Which facts most shocked you? • If you had to sum up the Middle Passage in 5 words what words would you choose?

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