Slavery - Slave ships
Kirsten Smith
Who, What, When, Where, Why, How?
Who: 20 million Africans were taken on slave ships.
What: A slave ship is a large cargo ship that is specifically designed for the purpose of transporting slaves to the America's; especially the newly captured ones.
When: The peak time of slave ships was the 18 and 19th centuries.
Where: America's and the ocean.
Why: They were used to transport slaves to the America's.
How: They know ocean routes that they used to get to where they needed to be in the fastest amount of time so that they don't loose that many slaves.
Why is this topic important?
I believe the most important reason for Slave Ships being so important is so that we don't repeat history; we don't want to bring back slavery or slave ships and by knowing about them, we are preventing them from happening again. #PreventSlaveryFromHappeningAgain
It is important to remember the horrors that the slaves went through. What they went through in the past isn't going to change and we need to remember what they went through.
Slave Ship
This picture shows how much room you had while on the ship; which is not a lot. #cramped
Slave Ship
This picture shows that if you didn't do something right or you got sick, you would be killed. This is one of the ways; being tied up and then they throw an anchor to the bottom of the ocean and you drown.
Antelope
This is a picture of what they believed that the slave ship antelope looked like, it is from the book "Dark places of the Earth- The Voyage of the Slave Ship the Antelope"
#SlaveryWasADarkPlace
What characteristics of a broader topic does your narrow topic represent?
My narrow topic represents slavery in general. Not only does it represent slavery, but it also shows how bad the slaves were treated.
Antelope
The Antelope is a slave ship that help more then 280 people captive. This slave ship lasted 7 years.
Map
This map shows the slave ship routes that they would have taken and where they would go.
Slave Ship Conditions