The following exercises provide an opportunity to use the sources collectively to respond to a guiding question.
Guiding Question
How did the experience of various groups involved in the Atlantic slave trade differ from one another? How can you account for those differences?
Instructions
Below are five topics that might find a place in organizing an essay responding to the guiding question. This exercise asks you to identify which sources would provide relevant evidence for that topic. Select the best answers for each question. Choose ALL that apply.
Click the “submit” button for each question to turn in your work.
Which sources provide evidence on the human suffering generated by the slave trade? Choose ALL that apply. | |
A. Source 14.1: The Journey to Slavery | |
B. Source 14.2: The Business of the Slave Trade | |
C. Source 14.3: The Slave Trade and the Kingdom of Kongo | |
D. Source 14.4: The Slave Trade and the Kingdom of Asante | |
E. Source 14.5: Images of the Slave Trade | |
F. Source 14.6: Data: Patterns of the Slave Trade |
Which sources provide evidence on the roles played by African facilitators of the slave trade? Choose ALL that apply. | |
A. Source 14.1: The Journey to Slavery | |
B. Source 14.2: The Business of the Slave Trade | |
C. Source 14.3: The Slave Trade and the Kingdom of Kongo | |
D. Source 14.4: The Slave Trade and the Kingdom of Asante | |
E. Source 14.5: Images of the Slave Trade | |
F. Source 14.6: Data: Patterns of the Slave Trade |
Which sources provide evidence from the perspective of European slave buyers? Choose ALL that apply. | |
A. Source 14.1: The Journey to Slavery | |
B. Source 14.2: The Business of the Slave Trade | |
C. Source 14.3: The Slave Trade and the Kingdom of Kongo | |
D. Source 14.4: The Slave Trade and the Kingdom of Asante | |
E. Source 14.5: Images of the Slave Trade | |
F. Source 14.6: Data: Patterns of the Slave Trade |
Which sources provide evidence concerning the life of slaves in the Americas? Choose ALL that apply. | |
A. Source 14.1: The Journey to Slavery | |
B. Source 14.2: The Business of the Slave Trade | |
C. Source 14.3: The Slave Trade and the Kingdom of Kongo | |
D. Source 14.4: The Slave Trade and the Kingdom of Asante | |
E. Source 14.5: Images of the Slave Trade | |
F. Source 14.6: Data: Patterns of the Slave Trade |
Which sources provide evidence concerning the buying and selling of slaves? Choose ALL that apply. | |
A. Source 14.1: The Journey to Slavery | |
B. Source 14.2: The Business of the Slave Trade | |
C. Source 14.3: The Slave Trade and the Kingdom of Kongo | |
D. Source 14.4: The Slave Trade and the Kingdom of Asante | |
E. Source 14.5: Images of the Slave Trade | |
F. Source 14.6: Data: Patterns of the Slave Trade |