Chapter 14 - Commerce & Documents
Commerce
The thing that sticks out the most for me was The Middle Passage painting on Page 691 that illustrated the slave ship. To see how they were stored on this ship as if they were just random packages and not human beings was upsetting to me. Looking at the picture med me feel as if I was in their shoes. They were bunched up, without elbow room, it looked like it was cold out in there. They looked like they were barely being fed. Could you imagine going a few hours without food? A day? A few weeks? Maybe a month? Bones showing through your skin, fatigue, can't get up and do anything? How hard do you think that would be?
Documents
As I read this first Document on Olaudah Equiano, though it pains me to read about slavery, though I have not faced any of the painful things that my ancestors have had to experience, this only reminds of my favorite history class I was able to experience not too long ago. African American history is an intriguing subject. I can definitely relate to the large numbered family Olaudah had on his fathers side. I am so close to my brother I could not imagine having him ripped out of my arms as a child. When I was younger I was very dependent on my big brother and looked up to him.
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