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Quiz for Document P1-4: Thomas Phillips, A Journal of a Voyage Made in the Hannibal (1693–1694)

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Question 1

According to Thomas Phillips’s account, the only perceptible reason the people of Alampo are undesirable as slaves is theirA. intellect.
B. religion.
C. skin color.
D. stature.

Question 2

Which African ruler, described in his account as being a reliable source of good slaves at good prices, did Phillips negotiate with?A. Chief of the Comantines
B. Emir of Alampo
C. Emperor of the Gold Coast
D. King of Whidaw

Question 3

Phillips expresses his personal sympathetic view of Africans, their treatment at the hands of slave traders, and their “racial” characteristics in terms of his belief inA. African racial equality with whites.
B. English racial superiority to Africans.
C. European racial superiority to Africans.
D. Whidaw racial equality with Africans.

Question 4

What disease does Phillips describe as being particularly deadly to Africans aboard his ship but not to the English?A. Cholera
B. Distemper
C. Scurvy
D. Small pox

Question 5

In his account, Phillips refers to the loss of enslaved Africans to suicide and disease during the voyage from West Africa to the West Indies asA. accepted overhead and part of doing business.
B. financially disastrous and unfair to slave traders.
C. morally outrageous and unjust to Africans.
D. politically sensitive and a threat to further slave trade.