Question

Equiano describes an incident in which the white sailors catch some fish, eat their fill, and then toss the uneaten fish back into the sea, instead of offering them as food for the starving Africans. Those Africans who tried to get some of the discarded fish were flogged. Why do you think the sailors acted this way? What does it say not only about how they felt about a resource such as food but also how they felt about the Africans on board? Your response should be at least 150 words.

Answer 1

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Europeans sailors acted in that way because they considered African Americans to be property that could be bought, sold, flogged,mistreated and even killed. they did not think that African Americans were people who had rights but only a tool or merchandise

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Answer 2

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During the time of the slave trade, slaves on board boats were treated harshly. Take the hold, for example, the part of the ship designated for the slaves. Here, hundreds of slaves would be crammed together in terrible conditions, and dozens would die as a result of this. Slaves were treated as tools or items, not as people. Below deck, these Africans would starve because of terrible food conditions. Furthermore, those who tried to get away with theft were flogged. Uneaten fish would be thrown overboard, even though there were starving slaves right below them. They most likely did this to tease the poor slaves. They toyed with them at the fact that they are unable to eat proper meals. This tells us that the sailors on board had a surplus amount of food, were taking it for granted. The fact that they wasted food demonstrates how pig-like they were, discarding the meals they did not eat. We can tell that they did not like the Africans who were on board, and treated them like animals. As ruthless as it was, the sailors teased the slaves about their lack of food and wasted meals like it was garbage.

This is 199 words I believe, so hopefully this helps.