The passage below is an excerpt from a pamphlet published in 1788 by John Newton, a former slave ship captain turned abolitionist.
"The line of separation between the crew and the captives is a strong barricado, or wooden partition, breast-high, studded with sharp iron spikes... This is a precaution which the officers of these ships think absolutely necessary to their own safety; for they are in a constant state of alarm, and have always reason to apprehend a conspiracy or insurrection..."
Which of the following historical conclusions is best supported by Newton’s description of the ship’s physical architecture?
- ACaptive Africans were generally unable to organize resistance due to the psychological trauma of the Middle Passage.
- BThe construction of shipboard barriers was mandated by international treaties designed to regulate the transatlantic trade after its official abolition.
- The physical architecture of transatlantic slave vessels was deliberately modified to defend against the constant threat of active insurrections by captive Africans.Cevap
- DEnslaved people relied exclusively on covert methods of cultural preservation rather than confrontational uprisings during the journey.
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The physical architecture of transatlantic slave vessels was deliberately modified to defend against the constant threat of active insurrections by captive Africans.
The correct option is correct because the description of the 'barricado' as a necessary precaution against 'conspiracy or insurrection' demonstrates that the physical structure of slave ships was adapted in response to the constant threat of resistance by captive Africans. This highlights the active agency and rebelliousness of the captives, who were not passive victims.
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Shipboard Rebellions and Middle Passage Resistance