The most common and terrible thing for Africans was slavery, which was where Africans caught other Africans and traded them. The slaves did not want to be slaves but they had no choice. Slaves also had to wear shackles and a head peice to stop them from running away or sleeping.
Plantation
The jobs many Africans did was plantation, they would hard all day long or most of the day if not. They planted things like sugar and didnt get much time to themself. They didnt get much time to build their houses and they had to build them near to the plantation so they could be watched and couldnt run away. If they did run away the punishment would be terrible. They would be either physically punished or taken away from their families!
Catching slaves
The Africans were payed to catch other Africans. Some parents put their children into slavery and some people offered themselves into slavery. Sometimes people got home from work to find their families gone and sometimes childrens parents never got home from work! After they were captured they were put onto a ship called the Liverpool Merchant , where they were crammed up and killed by desease. Only the stronge ones made it on the journey. When the slaves arrived they were traded and sold for guns, gunpowder, horses, suger, rum and brandy.
Harriet Tubman
Harriet Tubman was a runaway slave. She ran away and changed her name from Armanita Ross to Harriet Tubman. She was a nurse maid and she had to stay awake all night. She got married and got hit in the head by a metal bar crushing nearly her whole skull and leaving a deep scar. She ran away again with her brithers because her brothers refused to come.
Slaves in Egypt and Transatlantic slavery were different, Transatlantic slaves were kidnapped and traded but slaves in Egypt stayed in Egypt all through slavery. Slavery ended for africans but many died on the ship. I think slavery should of ended years before it did.
By Danielle
Plantation
The jobs many Africans did was plantation, they would hard all day long or most of the day if not. They planted things like sugar and didnt get much time to themself. They didnt get much time to build their houses and they had to build them near to the plantation so they could be watched and couldnt run away. If they did run away the punishment would be terrible. They would be either physically punished or taken away from their families!
Catching slaves
The Africans were payed to catch other Africans. Some parents put their children into slavery and some people offered themselves into slavery. Sometimes people got home from work to find their families gone and sometimes childrens parents never got home from work! After they were captured they were put onto a ship called the Liverpool Merchant , where they were crammed up and killed by desease. Only the stronge ones made it on the journey. When the slaves arrived they were traded and sold for guns, gunpowder, horses, suger, rum and brandy.
Harriet Tubman
Harriet Tubman was a runaway slave. She ran away and changed her name from Armanita Ross to Harriet Tubman. She was a nurse maid and she had to stay awake all night. She got married and got hit in the head by a metal bar crushing nearly her whole skull and leaving a deep scar. She ran away again with her brithers because her brothers refused to come.
Slaves in Egypt and Transatlantic slavery were different, Transatlantic slaves were kidnapped and traded but slaves in Egypt stayed in Egypt all through slavery. Slavery ended for africans but many died on the ship. I think slavery should of ended years before it did.
By Danielle
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