Olaudah Equianos experiences which he wrote in 1789 I was soon put down under the decks and there I received such a salutation in my nostrils as I had never experienced in my life so that with the loathsomeness of the stench and crying together I became so sick and low that I was no ID: 548128
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How do they compare with
Olaudah
Equiano’s experiences which he wrote in 1789?
I was soon put down under the decks, and there I received such a salutation in my nostrils as I had never experienced in my life: so that, with the loathsomeness of the stench, and crying together, I became so sick and low that I was not able to eat, nor had I the least desire to taste any thing.
I now wished for the last friend, death, to relieve me; Slide8Slide9
Broken Hearts?
An extract from the record books of a slaving ship from 26
th
April 1676: The captain records the death of a slave woman:
b
ought by my
selfe
being very fond of her
C
hild Carrying her up&
downe
Wore her to nothing
b
y which
meanes
fell into a
feaver
& dyedSlide10
SUICIDES? 1
Aprill
1676
day
men
Wo
men
boys
Girls
11
5
3
_
brought Over
Att
Sea
17
02
_
_
_
The one was from
Wyembah
& died
of a flux.
The other received ditto who Leaped over board
& drowned himself
List of slave deaths from the slave ship log book for April 1676Slide11
SUICIDES? 2
Another extract from the same log book for 4
th
May 1676; another man:
Received of Mr
Ballwood
att
Amy? & dyed of
a
feaver
by Lying in the Longboat in the rain
i
n the night which no man knew of for
hee
w
ent into her privately