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The collection of books, diaries, and letters offers a rich selection of sources on slavery and the African American experience. ... Looking for texts and images from the Antebellum, Civil War, and Reconstruction periods? Want to explore other aspects of slavery and slave life? Check out these great websites!
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www.pbs.org/wnet/slavery/resources/online.html
www.pbs.org/wnet/slavery/resources/online.html
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In this stark depiction of slaves and their "utter alienation from the most basic norms of everyday life," Smallwood simultaneously delivers a lucid popular history and expands scholarly understanding of slavery with a thorough, clear-eyed look at the dreaded Middle Passage and how it shaped the slave experience.
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www.amazon.com/Saltwater-Slavery-American-Diaspora-eboo...
www.amazon.com/Saltwater-Slavery-American-Diaspora-ebook/dp/B002KHMVF8
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During the Middle Passage, the slave journey to the Americas, African slaves had to endure grueling conditions as they traveled to an unknown fate. They slept below the deck on un-sanded plank floors that had only 18 inches of headroom and no fresh air or light. ... PBS: The Middle Passage Timeline of Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade...
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afroamhistory.about.com/od/slavery/a/middlepassage.htm
afroamhistory.about.com/od/slavery/a/middlepassage.htm
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The ship was a brig, specially built for the slave trade, with a narrow, clipper-shaped hull and a sharp bow-- built for maneuverability and above all speed, to evade British anti-slave trade patrols. The voyage -- the "Middle Passage" across the Atlantic -- took two months....
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amistad.mysticseaport.org/discovery/story/middle.passag...
amistad.mysticseaport.org/discovery/story/middle.passage.html
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Feelings began writing "The Middle Passage," a picture book, in 1974, as a personal odyssey that began when he was living in Ghana in 1964. The illustrations are black and white with cool blue and warm brown tones, and they blend abstract and realistic images to make readers feel as if they are aboard a slave-trading ship.
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www.tfaoi.com/aa/1aa/1aa677.htm
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To Be a Slave, written by Julius Lester ... In 1974, Feelings returned to New York, spending his time lecturing, attending exhibits throughout the country, and working on a book entitled "The Middle Passage," which depicts the journeys of slaves from Africa to America. ... and expanded by the experience of being in America.
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www.juneteenth.com/Tom_Feelings.htm
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Though the true horrors and consequences of the Atlantic Slave Trade and Middle Passage have not been made the stuff of popular culture (outside of "Roots" and the film "Sankofa") we do know from many sources that the hull of a slave ship is a place of terror and death. ... For such a visceral experience, there is an odd...
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www.seeingblack.com/x022102/middlepassage.shtml
www.seeingblack.com/x022102/middlepassage.shtml
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Although some European foods were acceptable, experience taught slave traders that Africans did better when they were fed foods that they were accustomed to eating. ... Slave ships carried extra crew members for the purpose of containing slaves during the Middle Passage. The crew members were armed whenever slaves were on...
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www.melfisher.org/exhibitions/henriettamarie/middlepass...
www.melfisher.org/exhibitions/henriettamarie/middlepassage.htm
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