Equiano Team Omeka Project

     To begin with my reflection  on “The Experience” of slave ships, I appreciated how a general overview was included in the beginning of the page, because it allowed me to refresh my memory and make connections to the book. The branding and overall dehumanization of these slaves is unforgivable, however, it is good for this information to be taught. The heat, horrid conditions, and overall way of living these slaves were forced to live in is very disturbing, and I appreciated the inclusion of Equiano’s words regarding his experiences quoted from the text in order to add to the page as a whole. Moving onto the suicides in the slave ships, I found the quote,” Through their life-ending actions they conveyed a duality of surrender and sacrifices boldly waged to reclaim power over their personal lives” to be very meaningful. Learning that the suicides of these slaves were only seen as a loss of profit for all involved instead of caring that they killed themselves is very concerning. It makes sense because as we know, the traders did not see the slaves as human, but at the same time is is disheartening. Lastly, moving onto the freedom section, I appreciated learning about the slave revolts because out of the threw topics covered in this project, I was the most unfamiliar with the slave revolts. I was a bit familiar with The Creole, but learning about the revolt on the Amistad was fascinating how the slaves won their case and they were later allowed freedom and later moved to Sierra Leone as free people. 



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  1. Jojo LampkaFebruary 13, 2022 at 10:47 PM

    I also thought the slave revolts were super interesting. I wish we had more time in class to explore different revolts and their stories.

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  2. Isabella FernandezFebruary 14, 2022 at 10:50 AM

    I am glad to see that you gained something from our project! When I received everyone's research to add it onto the Omeka exhibit, it was fascinating to see how much there was on the three topics that we chose. Like you, I was shocked to see how many revolts occurred on slave ships and how they failed or succeeded.

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  3. AnonymousFebruary 14, 2022 at 11:53 PM

    "my reflection on “The Experience” of slave ships" I see what you did there. But clever word play aside, I was actually surprised by the amount of people who knew of the Creole for it was something i had not learned or have forgotten which is quite tragic given how important it is to the experienced of the enslaved peoples.

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