Year 8A & Year 8B
Today you are going to investigate the Middle Passage in a bit more detail, by watching some video clips that explain the Atlantic crossing…
Follow the order in which I give you instructions:
Task 1 on p.45-47.
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Task 2 on p.48-49.
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Let’s look at the shipping of slaves in a bit more detail. This part of the slavery ordeal is also known as “The Middle Passage”, or “the Transatlantic Slave Trade”. Below are various videos that explain what it was like to be transported to the Americas as a slave.
Transatlantic Slave Trade. (2:51 minutres long)
Here is a short summary of conditions on the slavers (or slave ships):
Slave Ship Conditions. (1:05 minutres long)
The Middle Passage. (1:54 minutes long)
More on the Middle Passage:
The Middle Passage. (2:34 minutes long)
Life Aboard a Slave Ship. (4:14 minutes long)
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“The Growth of British Trade, p.72”
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1700’s Slave Trade: The Middle Passage. (5:05 minutes long)
10 Things you didn’t know about Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade. (10:16 minutes long)
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