Elissa Rowe’s History Project - Year 9 2018: 3D Gallery

Whipped Peter

This source is showing how they packed their slave ships when taking them to South America ready for trading. The source shows that slavery is wrong because they were packed in with too people people that it became extremely unhealthy for them to be near, over 600 slaves on each boat. For example it show how tightly packed it was and how close they were all layer next to each other. This evidence supports the abolition of slavery because it makes you imagine the conditions they were in and how unhealthy it was.

Slave Ships

This source is showing how they packed their slave ships when taking them to South America ready for trading. The source shows that slavery is wrong because they were packed in with too people people that it became extremely unhealthy for them to be near, over 600 slaves on each boat. These people were chained to the floor for 3 months and laying in their feces and urine. They were force fed by the slave traders who jacked open their mouths and pouring the food through a funnel. There was barely enough room to crawl between each floor of the ship that they were all stuck in. For example it show how tightly packed it was and how close they were all layer next to each other. This evidence supports the abolition of slavery because it makes you imagine the conditions they were in and how unhealthy it was.

Separation

The source is a drawing of when the slaves were being traded to their white slave owners centring on what is presumably a mother and daughter being separated. This source suggests that slavery was wrong because it separated families and young children from their parents. First the slave traders took them from their home and away from the rest of their families at the village then after the long painful trip on the boat they get separated from them again and the children have to go somewhere by themselves. For example this mother and daughter have to be taken to different places because they were bought by different slave owners. This evidence supports the abolition of slavery because it shows the emotional trauma of this historical event.

Auctions

This source is an ad for slave trading in 1829 for the auction of male and female slaves. This source shows that slavery is wrong because it is treating these people as if they are property or a product instead of human beings. For example, they auction them and inspect their bodies to see if there is any damage before buying them. This evidence supports the abolition of slavery because these are people and shouldn’t be treated like products.

Torture

This source is some of the torturous devices that they would use on the slaves either as a punishment or just what they would make them wear. This shows that slavery is wrong because these sorts of devices should not be used ever but for them it was normal because of how often they wore them. For example, a slave might do something very slightly wrong and would wear one of these as a punishment for a while. They sometimes just wore them because they had to for the amusement of the slave owner. This source supports the abolition of slavery because no human deserves this and it could permanently change the wearer and mess up everything they do.

Brutality

My final source is this painting of the journey through the middle passage painted by Robert Riggs (1896 - 1970). This shows how slavery was wrong because as you can see there was extreme brutality on the voyage to South America to the new slaves. Over 2.4 million black people died on the trip to America and many more once they made it to the land. In total up to 150 million slaves and Africans died. This painting is an example of the many that were tortured and killed. This source supports the abolition of slavery because of how you can see the way they are being treated terribly on the ship.

The Fighting Temeraire

The Fighting Temeraire tugged to her last berth to be broken up, 1838 is an oil painting by the English artist J. M. W. Turner. HMS Temeraire was one of the last second-rate ships of the line to have played a distinguished role in the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805. [more]

Liberty Leading the People

Liberty Leading the People is a painting by Eugène Delacroix commemorating the July Revolution of 1830, which toppled King Charles X of France. [more]

Ophelia

This source is showing how they packed their slave ships when taking them to South America ready for trading. The source shows that slavery is wrong because they were packed in with too people people that it became extremely unhealthy for them to be near, over 600 slaves on each boat. These people were chained to the floor for 3 months and laying in their feces and urine. They were force fed by the slave traders who jacked open their mouths and pouring the food through a funnel. For example it show how tightly packed it was and how close they were all layer next to each other. This evidence supports the abolition of slavery because it makes you imagine the conditions they were in and how unhealthy it was.

The Music Lesson

This source is showing how they packed their slave ships when taking them to South America ready for trading. The source shows that slavery is wrong because they were packed in with too people people that it became extremely unhealthy for them to be near, over 600 slaves on each boat. There was barely enough room to crawl between each floor of the ship that they were all stuck in. For example it show how tightly packed it was and how close they were all layer next to each other. This evidence supports the abolition of slavery because it makes you imagine the conditions they were in and how unhealthy it was.

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Elissa Rowe’s History Project - Year 9 2018