- Read the two passages from primary sources about the Atlantic slave trade and
make a historical argument based on the information they contain. Then compare
how the two sources interpret the events described. (4 points)
Passage 1: Olaudah Equiano
This passage is from the autobiography of Olaudah Equiano, an African man sold
into slavery.
The first object which saluted my eyes when I arrived on the
coast was the sea, and a slave ship... waiting for its cargo.
These filled me with astonishment, which was soon converted
into terror....I was immediately handled and tossed up to see if
I were sound by some of the crew; and I was now persuaded that
I had got into a world of bad spirits, and that they were going to
kill me. I was soon put down under the decks, and there I
make a historical argument based on the information they contain. Then compare
how the two sources interpret the events described. (4 points)
Passage 1: Olaudah Equiano
This passage is from the autobiography of Olaudah Equiano, an African man sold
into slavery.
The first object which saluted my eyes when I arrived on the
coast was the sea, and a slave ship... waiting for its cargo.
These filled me with astonishment, which was soon converted
into terror....I was immediately handled and tossed up to see if
I were sound by some of the crew; and I was now persuaded that
I had got into a world of bad spirits, and that they were going to
kill me. I was soon put down under the decks, and there I
