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Empathy
Empathy is the ability to understand emotion and situations,
and the capability to relate to them.
American Slave Trade
The American Slave Trade, otherwise known as the Atlantic Slave Trade,
or the peculiar institution was a process where Africans where moved
Americas to do slave work
What Happened?
Between 10 and 12 million were made slaves in the Americas
the times of 1500 to 1880
Right:
An image of the
Triangular Trade, where
manufactured goods are
traded for slaves in
Africa, slaves made to
work the land of the
Americas, produce raw
materials, given to
Europe to manufacture
and so on
Lack of Empathy
Due to the lack of empathy Africans where abused, and had to stay in
terrible living conditions.
On the boats to the Americas, 15% of people died, and for every 100
slaves going to the Americas, 40 died during the trip or in Africa
Conditions
Living conditions where terrible, some slaves having to work
48 hours straight in sweltering heat in sugar plantations.
On the boat, each slave had a space of less than 40cm^2 (its
like factory farming)
Above: An image of a slave ship, which at most could hold 400 slaves, each which
less than 40cm^2
Dehumanisation
Slaves were forced to work the lands, and in addition to that
slaves where dehumanised, treated exactly like cattle.
Slaves were not treated as simply people, they where a
commodity, a property of the owner, to do whatever the
owner wanted or pleased.