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| Stabbed One of the Negroes |
...two of my wearied countrymen who were chained together, preferring death to such a life of misery, somehow made through the nettings and jumped into the sea...
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| Revolt on a Slave Ship |
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| Death of Capt. Ferrer, the Captain of the Amistad, July, 1839 |
Olaudah Equiano, from The Interesting Narrative and Other Writings... London, 1789
Africans resisted their loss of freedom by individual acts and by organized revolts. Many committed suicide, usually by jumping overboard. Others staged usually unsuccessful revolts, resulting in brutal punishment. Captains and crews feared revolt, and this fear added to the atmosphere of violence and suspicion on board. Crewmembers searched the holds for weapons daily and severely punished even minor acts of resistance.
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