STARTER Read the fact file on Olaudah Equiano Underline no more than 10 facts that you think might be useful for your project Do you think Equiano’s story is a useful source for your project?

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How useful is this source for finding out about how slaves were captured? One day when all our people were gone out to their works as usual and only I and my dear sister were left to mind the house, two men and a woman got over our walls and in a moment seized us both. My sister and I were separated and I ended up in the hands of a slave dealer who supplied the Atlantic slave ships. Six months later I found myself on board a slave ship. The interesting life of Olaudah Equiano 1789 TASK 1

How useful is this source? Source: "Boy Travelers on the Congo" by Thomas W Knox, New York 1871 TASK 2 In pairs come up with 3 pieces of information you can get from this source. Then complete the next row of your table

How useful is this source? Slaves are shown hobbled to roughly hewn logs (on left) or in stocks (on right). Slaves would be fastened to the roof supports by rope, attached around their necks or interweaved into their hair. Prisoners could be held in slave sheds, or barracoons, for several months whilst awaiting the arrival of European merchants. SourceComprehensionConnection (& Inference) Evaluation

How useful is this source? Source: Roots by Alex Haley TASK 3 Watch Kunta Kinte’s capture. Cross reference this source with the other 2 sources studied in the lesson. Do they agree?

Morland- The execrable human traffic 1788 "What a squalid contract. One bargains over a person who belongs to no one, the other sells what belongs to Nature. George Morland, The Execrable Human Traffic (oil on canvas, 1788)

Goree Island, Senegal Goree Island (Ile de Goree) is a small island just off the coast of Dakar, Senegal's sprawling capital city. Goree Island is a big tourist attraction because of its history as a major slave-trading center. It's an important destination for African-Americans in particular who come to pay their respects and reflect upon their ancestors' past. In fact the Maison des Esclaves (House of Slaves) on the island has become a place of pilgrimage for everyone to reflect upon the horrors of the slave-trade and remember the millions of souls who died because of it. Some 200 slaves were kept in a holding cell

The signares on Goree There existed a class of women of mixed European and African blood called signares There existed a class of women of mixed European and African blood called signares These rich and powerful women were often mistresses of French leaders on Gorée and were a cultural link between Europeans and African slave merchants. They participated in many of Gorée’s affairs, including bartering with indigenous merchants, or as the Africans named them, “slatee” for slaves and explaining confusing African customs to the Europeans These rich and powerful women were often mistresses of French leaders on Gorée and were a cultural link between Europeans and African slave merchants. They participated in many of Gorée’s affairs, including bartering with indigenous merchants, or as the Africans named them, “slatee” for slaves and explaining confusing African customs to the Europeans “Three out of four people here know that Gorée is where most of the slaves left from, and the one in four are just trying to deny their past because they are ashamed,” the words of a Taxi driver on Gorée Island “Three out of four people here know that Gorée is where most of the slaves left from, and the one in four are just trying to deny their past because they are ashamed,” the words of a Taxi driver on Gorée Island

Who captured the slaves? Black African or White European? Black African or White European? European slave traders chased after slaves and captured them themselves (lesser pillage). European slave traders chased after slaves and captured them themselves (lesser pillage). Slaves were supplied by local Africans (grand pillage). Slaves were supplied by local Africans (grand pillage). Task 1 Look at the next few slides and decide whether they show lesser pillage or grand pillage? Look at the next few slides and decide whether they show lesser pillage or grand pillage?

Can we trust the evidence? Equiano was probably born in America which makes his evidence fictional. Equiano was probably born in America which makes his evidence fictional. Morland and Equiano were abolitionists who wanted the Slave Trade stopped Morland and Equiano were abolitionists who wanted the Slave Trade stopped Pocock was a Slave trader illustrating his part in the trade Pocock was a Slave trader illustrating his part in the trade Haley was writing during the Civil Rights movement, using his story to make a case for the heritage and value of American Black people. Haley was writing during the Civil Rights movement, using his story to make a case for the heritage and value of American Black people. What difference does this make to the sources they produced?

Does it matter? The phrase ‘Blacks selling Blacks’ has neither relevance nor meaning, for in those days the concept of African solidarity did not exist. ‘If there were no buyers there would be no sellers’ – that is the crux of the matter, and the final word that can be said on African ‘guilt’. It was the European traders who taught Africans to sell other Africans. James Pope-Hennessey, Sins of the Fathers (1967) What point is Pope-Hennessey making about the capture and selling of slaves?

The Slave Traders In pairs take it in turn to read the information sheet ‘Africa and the Atlantic Slave Trade. Your teacher will tell you when to swap readers In pairs take it in turn to read the information sheet ‘Africa and the Atlantic Slave Trade. Your teacher will tell you when to swap readers Your teacher will ask you lots of questions to make sure you understand and can remember the main details of what you have read Your teacher will ask you lots of questions to make sure you understand and can remember the main details of what you have read Finally you will be asked to write a paragraph about the Slave traders and the capture of slaves based on today’s lesson. Finally you will be asked to write a paragraph about the Slave traders and the capture of slaves based on today’s lesson. Task 2

Plenary What GP is the name for Africans capturing Africans? What GP is the name for Africans capturing Africans? What OE is a freed slave who became an abolitionist? What OE is a freed slave who became an abolitionist? What KK is the name of the main character in Roots? What KK is the name of the main character in Roots? What P is the name of the country which first became involved in the Slave Trade? What P is the name of the country which first became involved in the Slave Trade? What WH was the name of an English explorer? What WH was the name of an English explorer? What W is something which the African rulers traded for slaves? What W is something which the African rulers traded for slaves? What SC is the name for a fort where slaves were held? What SC is the name for a fort where slaves were held? Significance questions: Did it affect a lot of people? How many? When we are remembering the slave trade, When we are remembering the slave trade, how important is African involvement in the how important is African involvement in the trade? trade?

velopment-of-the-transatlantic-slave- trade/9778.html velopment-of-the-transatlantic-slave- trade/9778.html Discuss Discuss : Watch the BBC Clip Watch the BBC Clip Why did Africans take part in the slave trade when it was being run by Europeans for Europeans?