Trace the life of a West African slave through the major turning points of the Atlantic slave trade starting with capture in Africa. What stages would a typical slave experience as he or she awaited shipment to the colonies of the Americas?
What will be an ideal response?
Ideal Answer: The ideal answer should:
1. Explain that West Africans were captured as slaves by other Africans through wars and village raids. Slaves were marched from the interior to the coast and held in factories awaiting sale. Some Africans were also kidnapped by Europeans.
2. Point out that slaves were loaded aboard European slave ships for shipment to the Americas.
3. Note that the crossing or Middle Passage varied from 40 days to several months.
4. Conclude that many Africans were seasoned in the Caribbean before being shipped elsewhere or put to work on sugar plantations.
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