Atlantic Slave Trade

Multiple Choice

Captain Phillips writes that the Royal African Company lost "ten pounds by every slave that died." What does this tell us about why Europeans were involved in the slave trade?

• The viewed the trading of slaves as a big business to gain profits

• The slave trade was a meaningless business

• Slaves were cheap and did not bring profit

• The slave trade offered great living conditions to the slaves

Multiple Choice

Based on the accounts provided by the slave ship captain and the slave ship doctor, what were some of the main causes of suffering and death among enslaved people during the Middle Passage?

• Disease and poor sanitation

• Lack of food and water

• Physical abuse and overcrowding

• All of the above

Multiple Choice

Which of the following hardships are described in the autobiography of Olaudah Equiano?

• Loathsome stench and sickness

• Freedom and comfort

• Kind treatment by crew

• Abundant food and water