Dbq Slave Trade Analysis
Essay on: How does the absence of humanitarian concerns influence the treatment of slaves during the slave trade?
By: Isabela Greene
The Slave Trade is when the Europeans and Americans bought, sold, and transported African slaves. The absence of humanitarian concerns the influence in the treatment of slaves during the slave trade by slaves were treated like an object or animal not a person, the conditions of where they were kept, and how other countries men didn’t have to do the work so the made Africans.
The slaves were treated like objects not as humans. For example, on document three it shows the slaves being herded like animals. The slaves are wearing ropes around them to keep them inline. The first two slaves had a wooden head trap around …show more content…
Slave ships are dirty ships, with small living quarters that slaves were taken in for months at a time. The Slave ships sleeping quarters had only 18 inches of room and there were not enough for all the people aboard the ship. The Slave Ships would filled with hundreds of Africans; the Africans were not fed or treated properly. The slaves were beaten and whipped to death and then thrown overboard. The ships show that there was an absence of humanitarian for the slaves of how they were cared for. In Document one it states that “The work is hard and the Spaniards are not willing to do the work, Natives who have become Christians are not allowed to be forced to do the work because the Emperor Freed them.” So because of this they had said it was now necessary to us the Africans to do all the work. This shows that there was an absence of humanitarian do just for them to say that they have to do it we don’t have to any of it. The absence of humanitarian concerns the influence in the treatment of slaves during the slave trade by slaves were treated like an object or animal not a person, the conditions of where they were kept, and how other countries men didn’t have to do the work so the made Africans. In conclusion, racism today was started by the Slave Trade and the Europeans did not care about the slaves welfare and that is what caused the slaves being treated
By: Isabela Greene
The Slave Trade is when the Europeans and Americans bought, sold, and transported African slaves. The absence of humanitarian concerns the influence in the treatment of slaves during the slave trade by slaves were treated like an object or animal not a person, the conditions of where they were kept, and how other countries men didn’t have to do the work so the made Africans.
The slaves were treated like objects not as humans. For example, on document three it shows the slaves being herded like animals. The slaves are wearing ropes around them to keep them inline. The first two slaves had a wooden head trap around …show more content…
Slave ships are dirty ships, with small living quarters that slaves were taken in for months at a time. The Slave ships sleeping quarters had only 18 inches of room and there were not enough for all the people aboard the ship. The Slave Ships would filled with hundreds of Africans; the Africans were not fed or treated properly. The slaves were beaten and whipped to death and then thrown overboard. The ships show that there was an absence of humanitarian for the slaves of how they were cared for. In Document one it states that “The work is hard and the Spaniards are not willing to do the work, Natives who have become Christians are not allowed to be forced to do the work because the Emperor Freed them.” So because of this they had said it was now necessary to us the Africans to do all the work. This shows that there was an absence of humanitarian do just for them to say that they have to do it we don’t have to any of it. The absence of humanitarian concerns the influence in the treatment of slaves during the slave trade by slaves were treated like an object or animal not a person, the conditions of where they were kept, and how other countries men didn’t have to do the work so the made Africans. In conclusion, racism today was started by the Slave Trade and the Europeans did not care about the slaves welfare and that is what caused the slaves being treated