All Around the World

The map my group created shows the Transatlantic trade. The Transatlantic trade is the trade that took place across the Atlantic ocean linking Europe, Africa and the Americas for about 4 centuries. Lots of slaves, food and raw materials were sent using this trade route.
This is the map we created

 

In North America, there were three main colonies responsible for trading. Boston, Philadelphia and New York. They probably had the most people and goods to export. Food items were the main export for most places meaning that people were most likely interested in new food from North America. There were raw materials being traded from America to England and then finished items such as furniture and. This is an example of mercantilism where England is the mother country and America is the colony.

The Truth About the Things You Buy

In my groups public service announcement we made it about industries involved with slavery. We created it to show that even though people don't think they are involved with slavery the clothes they are wearing or the toys they are playing with could be related to slavery. If people know just how much slavery is affecting them they'd be able to stop it by not buying the products made by slave labor and just being more aware that it is still out there in the world and not just something that got abolished more than a thousand years ago.
Here you can watch the project made by my group about slaveries involved with slavery. http://youtu.be/LXs-SKUI0N8
With this link you can check out all the public service announcements about slavery made by our class http://endingmoderndayslaveryatrmhs.wikispaces.com/Home

My story was called “Name Unknown”

The personal story being told is of an unnamed man who was captured by slave traders on the Gold Coast. His entire family was convicted of witchcraft and all brought onto the slave ship Brooks. He was a trader, possibly trading slaves himself. He had an argument with the village chief who got revenge by accusing him and his family of witchcraft. Once he and his family were captured he refused to eat. Soon after he attempted to rip out his own throat. After it was sewed up he then ripped his throat open again with his hands. Ten days later he died of starvation.

The evidence of resistance is when the man tried cutting his throat open after refusing to eat. They sewed his throat back up but he did it again with his own fingernails. They sewed his throat up a final time. He later died of lack of food. He stated “he would never go with the white men” So to stop them from taking him he killed himself.

I learned from the story that it was not uncommon for slaves to refuse to eat anything. I found it surprising that they have a doctor when so many slaves end up injured or just ill and the traders do nothing to help them. I think its odd that they just want the slaves alive not healthy or taken care of.