The document discusses conditions on slave ships, which were horrible. It describes how slaves were tightly packed into ships, often leading to many deaths from disease. It also mentions the use of shackles to restrain slaves and how rebellions sometimes occurred but were rarely successful. Homework assignments involve reading about the selling of Joseph and runaway notices, and a class activity has students creating a foldable representation of a slave ship with labeled inside and outside facts.

1. October 19, 2011
Conditions on a slave ship
were horrible. Were they
bad enough that ancestors
of slaves should
receive financial
compensation? Would that
be just?

2. Objective:
Students will
demonstrate that
they know what
conditions were
like on a slave ship
by creating a
foldable
representation of a
slave ship

3. Homework:
Read “The selling
of Joseph” and
“Runaway
notices from the
South Carolina
Gazette”

4. Vocabulary: Rebellion
Fighting to
overthrow legal
authority
Can slaves, by this
definition, ever be
considered to be
rebelling?

5. SLAVE CASTLES
Forts built by
Europeans
Places where slaves
were bought and sold
Sometimes slaves were
bought from log pens
on river banks

6. Slave ships:
Not specially
built as slave
ships
Often carried
regular cargo in
between slaving
runs

7. Loaded by one of two methods

8. Carry fewer, Loose Pack:
get more
through the
middle
passage
If they can lie
on their
backs, it’s
loose pack

9. Pack in as Tight pack:
many as
possible
More die
but more
make it
across

10. Not all slaves were brought on
deck, they were brought up in
small groups

11. The slaves were “Danced” for
exercise

12. Shackles
Used to restrain
and control
slaves
Made of iron
Often riveted on

13. Conditions
Poor
Most deaths were
from stomach
problems caused
by the dirty
conditions

14. May have Rebellion
happened
as often as
once in
every 10
voyages
Not often
successful

15. The Amistad was one of the few
successful revolts

16. Class work:
Fold a piece of paper
in a “Hot Dog” fold
Place the facts having
to do with inside the
ship inside the “Hot
Dog”
What happens outside
goes outside

17. Class work
Use your readings as
well as your notes to
place 3-5 facts about
what happened inside
and outside the ship
Draw them and label
them
Do your best

18. Exit ticket:
Identify one way
of loading a ship
and define it
Make sure it is on
your foldable