Not sure what "The Middle Passage" refers to???
Watch the video below, then answer the questions that follow! No need to watch the entire film,
only watch 35 minutes. That will give you the information you need to complete the assignment.
Copy and paste the following questions to a word document; answer the questions; print the word document; Turn it in!
1. What is "The Middle Passage"?
2. According to the film, how many slave ship mutinies were successful?
3. Name three items that were traded for slaves in Africa.
4. Why did some slave traders choose to "loose pack" slaves aboard their ships?
5. Why did some slave traders choose to "tight pack" slaves aboard their ships?
6. According to the film, about what percentage of African slaves were brought to the U.S.?
7. Name one way slavers gave Africans exercise on the long trip across the Atlantic Ocean.
8. One slave named Equiano became a slave trader himself. Which African nation was he kidnapped from?
9. Explain the job of a "Factor".
10. Which European nation was the first to ship slaves to the Americas?
11. How many Africans were shipped to the Americas by British ships?
12. Explain the "Triangle Trade".
13. Why were the owners of the slave ship "The Zong", brought to trial?
14. Who was the former slave ship captain that came to believe the slave trade was evil, became a minister, and wrote the song "Amazing Grace"?
15. In what year was the importation of African slaves abolished in Great Britain, and in the United States?
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