The Atlantic Slave Trade was the largest migration in history. Millions of families were forced to be separated to work against their will. This will change a lot of America’s history for the next four hundred years. The journey of this trade is deeper than just getting slaves and bringing the captives to the New World it’s about the harsh realities of that happen on the ship starvation, cruel and unhealthy living conditions. Why were humans getting treated so badly? What made the Europeans get slaves? How did the Africans feel?
What made Europeans capture the slaves? The Europeans grew tired of the indentured servants, most of the indentured servants didn’t live for long many servants died from diseases, exhaustion and dehydration from …show more content…
Sometimes Africans would even kidnapped and enslaved each other, families were broken apart kids were taken away from their parents not knowing they were never again to see their loved ones again. As more slaves began to get kidnapped the ship was crowded, more than 900 slaves was on the ship, tightly packed slaves endured the four week to six month voyage was brutal that a lot of them died en-route. Dehumanizing the captives making them feel less human began to upset the slaves it caused tragic uprisings, at least 25 Africans were killed. The tragic death of the captive was increasing not only were dying from the uprisings, but also from lack food, some even committed suicide by jumping the …show more content…
The abolitionist movement arose some of the slaves that earn their freedom by either fighting in a war or the slaves that had successfully ran way and reached the northern states still fought for slave’s freedom. Leaders such as Sojourner Truth, Harriet Tubman and Fredrick Douglass some of the famous faces of the abolitionist movement. Infuriated with the thought that slaves started to see other slaves become free, it caused a lot of slaves to run away from owners, slaves will wait till the late nights to run away sometimes having to leave young loved ones behind because they didn’t want the young ones making noise while running
What made Europeans capture the slaves? The Europeans grew tired of the indentured servants, most of the indentured servants didn’t live for long many servants died from diseases, exhaustion and dehydration from …show more content…
Sometimes Africans would even kidnapped and enslaved each other, families were broken apart kids were taken away from their parents not knowing they were never again to see their loved ones again. As more slaves began to get kidnapped the ship was crowded, more than 900 slaves was on the ship, tightly packed slaves endured the four week to six month voyage was brutal that a lot of them died en-route. Dehumanizing the captives making them feel less human began to upset the slaves it caused tragic uprisings, at least 25 Africans were killed. The tragic death of the captive was increasing not only were dying from the uprisings, but also from lack food, some even committed suicide by jumping the …show more content…
The abolitionist movement arose some of the slaves that earn their freedom by either fighting in a war or the slaves that had successfully ran way and reached the northern states still fought for slave’s freedom. Leaders such as Sojourner Truth, Harriet Tubman and Fredrick Douglass some of the famous faces of the abolitionist movement. Infuriated with the thought that slaves started to see other slaves become free, it caused a lot of slaves to run away from owners, slaves will wait till the late nights to run away sometimes having to leave young loved ones behind because they didn’t want the young ones making noise while running