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Title: Olaudah Equiano and the Middle Passage


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Olaudah Equiano and the Middle Passage
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The Middle Passage
  • The journey of slave trading ships from the west
    coast of Africa across the Atlantic
  • Took anywhere from 5 weeks to 3 months
  • Essential part of the Triangular Trade

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The Triangular Trade Route
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Beginning Loading the Ships
  • The slaves were captured by their own people
  • Immediately there were many uprisings
  • Loose packers and Tight packers
  • Life tween decks was horrific

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Tween Decks
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Life On the Ship
  • During good weather the slaves would be allowed
    on deck
  • Meals
  • Dancing on deck
  • During storms, slaves were forced to stay tween
    decks

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Mutiny on Board
  • La Amistad (1839)
  • Lead by Sengbe Pieh (Cinque)
  • The only successful rebellion during the slave
    trade
  • Resorted to other acts of rebellion

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The Toll of the Trip
  • Nearly as many died en route as made it to the
    Americas
  • 10-15 million people died during the Middle
    Passage
  • Small Pox and Ophthalmia were epidemics on board

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Olaudah Equiano (1745 -1797)
  • Main literary form is autobiography
  • Literary style is Imagery
  • Was the first African writer to reach a large
    audience of American readers
  • Wrote the prototype of the slave narrative

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Background
  • Was born in Essaka now known as eastern Nigeria
  • Kidnapped at the age of 11 and sold as a slave to
    other Africans
  • Was taken through the Middle Passage to Barbados
  • Sold to a British military officer
  • Named Gustavus Vassa

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Modern Day Africa
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Background
  • 1762 - Was purchased by Robert King, Quaker
    merchant from Philadelphia.
  • 1776 - Equiano purchased his freedom
  • He was 21 years old
  • Worked as a sailor
  • Finally settled in England were he made a living
    as a free servant, a musician, and a barber.
    Became active in the antislavery movement.
  • He married an Englishwoman in 1792

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Major Work
  • Wrote The Interesting Narrative of the Life of
    Olaudah Equiano, or Gustavus Vassa, the African,
    Written by Himself
  • Published in 1789
  • An example of double-consciousness
  • Verified that blacks could represent themselves
    effectively through writing
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