Captured in Nigeria, Olaudah Equiano shared the fear of many captured Africans that the white men were going to eat him. More widely traveled than most slaves, Equiano was sold to the British and worked on ships for much of his life. Later able to purchase his freedom from his Quaker master, Equiano went on to become a staunch advocate in the British antislavery movement.Read the article and answer the following questions:
1. How does Olaudah Equiano's view of the white men as spirits, "possessed of magic," compare to the Aztec or Pueblo views of the Spaniards?
2. Why do you think the sailors on the slave ships were cruel to the slaves to a point that could not possibly have been in their best commercial interests?
3. How does Equiano's story help us to understand the cruelty and brutality that characterized the slave trade?
1. The Aztec and Pueblo's views of the spainiards, was a more positive veiw, they thought that they were gods. The Africans veiwed the europeans as monsters and cannibals.
ResponderEliminar2. the sailors may have been cruel to theslaves to set an example to the otheres, or to make them exauhsted and too week to fight back. the sailors wanted to strip them of every ounce of dignity,strength and hope.
3. Equiano's story helps us learn more about all the brutality that went on,and how desperate people truly were. the conditionswere horrific and no oneshouldever have to endure such a terrible state of being.
-Roya
1. it was very similar. they are both very religious groups. when we something we dont know, we don't know what to think.
ResponderEliminar2. they wanted to instill fear and a sense of authority. they thought of the slaves as lesser beings, and not worthy of the same treatment.
3. it gives vivid details and the knowledge of the emotions flying around. it shows us how they had no idea what was happening but they couldn't do anything about it.
-joanna
Read the article and answer the following questions:
ResponderEliminar1. How does Olaudah Equiano's view of the white men as spirits, "possessed of magic," compare to the Aztec or Pueblo views of the Spaniards?
The aztecs thought that the spaniards were gods or in a way "powerful spirits" They welcomed them though instead of being afraid of them like the man was. The Aztecs thought they were wonderful and mysterious, while the africans detested them.
2. Why do you think the sailors on the slave ships were cruel to the slaves to a point that could not possibly have been in their best commercial interests?
I think they did that because they detested the Africans. They thought they were wild, different, and barbaric, nothing like "themselves". In a way the Africans scared them so they beat them to try and feel more powerful
3. How does Equiano's story help us to understand the cruelty and brutality that characterized the slave trade?
It helps because kit shows us what really happened to all fo those poeple on bored the ship. It lets us see the brutality and cruelty that went on in ships like that through a real slaves eyes.
-Sammy Mohney
roya: i agree with you when you said that how the aztecs saw them was in a better light than how the african's saw them. (i hadn't thought about that, good point)
ResponderEliminar-joanna
1. The Aztec & Pueblo's views of the Spainiards was not as bad as how the African's had percieved the Europeans/white man. The African's felt that the Europeans were filled with such brutality, that they even sometimes treated their own people with the cruelty that they treated the slaves with.
ResponderEliminar2. The sailors could have been treating the slaves awful to point to show them that they are basically equal to nothing.
3. Equiano's story helps us to see from a slaves point of view on how bad this really was, and how people can treat someone else so horribly. It also shows that with bribes, some people will "sell out" others.
- Ava Gumowski
1. How does Olaudah Equiano's view of the white men as spirits, "possessed of magic," compare to the Aztec or Pueblo views of the Spaniards?
ResponderEliminarThe Aztecs saw the spaniards as gods until they did what Aztecs saw as "ungodly things" and decided they weren't, But Olaudah Equiano's View were men as spirits, "possessed of magic" and thought they were going to eat him.
2.Why do you think the sailors on the slave ships were cruel to the slaves to a point that could not possibly have been in their best commercial interests?
Possibly, they could of had other slaves that could take thier place on board and have them rest underdeck.
or they could just wanted to make sure whatever they had punished them for they will not do it again and make them still work and if they died then obviously they werent strong enough.
3. How does Equiano's story help us to understand the cruelty and brutality that characterized the slave trade?
He doesn't tell us alot about his emotions and what had happened to him like the last article we read but more of the description of what he saw and how others looked like they were feeling.
~Ashley
1) Where as the Aztec and Pueblo points of views on the Spaniards, they probably think that they have magic or super technology. This could lead them to think the Spaniards were possessed of magic in a way.
ResponderEliminar2) So the slaves would fear the sailors and not try to revolt against them.
3) It shows that slaves were not viewed as the "Fragile" items being brought on the ship, but the stuffed animals that can be thrown and squished anywhere.
-Devan Jones
1.)its somewhat the same. he looks at them like they have some special powers and the aztecs looked at the spaniards as if they were god-like
ResponderEliminar2.)they could have collected insurance money from them or they were trying to crush their spirits so that they wouldnt retaliate
3.)It gives us an inside as to what exactly happened to them and what they had to go through.
last one was Javier
ResponderEliminar1. Ava for number three i agree with you but also he doesn't really describe how he feels all that much, but what he saw others felt.
ResponderEliminaralso, talked about others experiences then his own. if you compared this article to the last one
~Ashley
Ava: Good point for #1, you're right, they did even go to the extent of beating their own poeple, which i overlooked
ResponderEliminar-Sammy Mohney
Ava
ResponderEliminar2. why do you think that they would do that to them if they saw them as merchandise?
-Javier
Ashley - I didn't think about the whole, "if they died then they obviously weren't strong enough" point. I agree with that.
ResponderEliminarDevan - I agree with what you said about that slaves not being considered fragile enough to be considered an "item" to protect and kept well.
- Ava G.
To Javier
ResponderEliminar-- I meant like, to strip the slaves of their strength, and for the Europeans to basically demonstrate/show their superiority to the slaves. Basically, we now own you, you are weak, you are nothing, etc. For the slaves to know their new status.
- Ava
i agree with sammy when she said the sailors did it for power.
ResponderEliminari agree with joanna when you said they had no idea of what was going on, i think the lack of knowing what is happening to you is an extremly scary thought.
-Roya
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