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John Newton -Description of a slave's life
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Tortures....Perhaps [the slaves] would wish to spend the rest of their days on ship-board, could they know beforehand the nature of the servitude... Added: 4th Mar 2008 by Diane Earl
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Subjects: Historywhich awaits them on shore; and that the dreadful hardships and sufferings they have already endured [on the Middle Passage] would, for the most of them, only end in the excessive toil, hunger and the excruciating tortures of the cart-whip, inflicted at the whim of an unfeeling overseer, proud of the power allowed him to punish whom, and when, and how he pleases. Thoughts upon the African Slave Trade (1808) Key Stages: KS2, KS3, KS4, KS4+ Learning Groups: Teachers, Parents, Pupils, Others |
