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The Middle Passage Living Conditions of the enslaved aboard Trans- Atlantic Slave Ships

Slave Ship Conditions  Today we will learn about the conditions which slaves faced in the journey from Africa to the New World.  We will get an understanding of the horrors of the Middle-Passage from the perspective of those who suffered its worst extremes.  I know I will be successful if I can:  Imagine how it felt to be a captive slave  Describe the conditions of the middle passage slave ships  Explain why conditions were so bad aboard these ships

Learning Intenions Today I will learn …  How to work in groups and use teamwork to reach a conclusion.  How to analyse and evaluate sources. (Like this man here!)

 When Slaves were sold into new world-slavery on the West-African coast, they would face a terrible journey across the Atlantic Ocean  They would spend the majority of the journey in chains and awful conditions of filth and bad nutrition, leading to disease and death.  In fact, of the million slaves who were to be forced across the Atlantic, at least 2 million died. (between 15-20%)

 Slaves would be routinely punished with whipping and beating amongst other forms of punishment.  They would be held in captivity and below the deck of the ship all night with no access to any essentials such as bathrooms.

 When they were allowed on the upper deck for brief period during the daytime, slaves were forced to ‘exercise’.  Often this took the form of being forced to dance for their master’s amusement.

 In such unbelievably terrible conditions, slaves sometimes tried to rebel to overthrow the rule of the ship’s crew.

 Furthermore, in such conditions suicide by jumping into the sea became very common.  This was a problem for ship captains as slaves were very valuable.  The methods used to combat suicide therefore, were very severe.  For example, captains used the sharks that followed the ships as a means to terrify slaves. One ship captain, who had a rash of suicides on his ship, took a woman and lowered her into the water on a rope, and pulled her out as quickly as as possible. When the slaves could see her, it became apparent that the sharks had already killed her— and bitten off the lower half of her body.’

 This lesson will outline these conditions which the enslaved suffered and help us to understand the lengths they went to in order to be free from them.

Starter Exercise  Comparing a Middle-Passage slave ship to a modern day cruise ship

 On this ship, the ‘Thomson Majesty’  The size of a regular cabin for two people measures 3 m 2 (roughly the size of a small bedroom in an average house).

In comparison, aboard this slave ship, ‘The Brookes’ The Sleeping Quarters was 1.4x6ft for men, 1.4x5ft for women, 1x5ft for Boys, and 1.4.6ft for Girls. What did this look like?

A famous picture of the Ship’s layout.

A Drawing of how the enslaved would sleep

Quick Exercise  A Mediterranean cruise on the Thomson Majesty lasts a fortnight. How long do you think a journey on a slave ship would last? Answer: up to 3 months

Main exercise: conditions on a slave ship  Lets listen to the conditions aboard slave ships described by Mr Norris, who was Pro-Slavery. ( /0046/mr_norris.mp3)

Final Thoughts…