In teaching the transatlantic slave system, I want to share a few individual stories that can be used in the classroom. The first is Belinda Sutton, an enslaved woman taken from the Gold Coast (today’s Ghana) around 1724
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In a petition for reparations from 1783, Sutton describes her childhood, her enslavement and transport across the Atlantic, and her experiences in the Americas.
royallhouse.org/belinda-sutton…
royallhouse.org/belinda-sutton…
I like to use her brief description of the Middle Passage in comparison with other enslaved Africans’ description of the crossing.
You can read more about Belinda’s Sutton’s life
enslaved.org/fullStory/16-2…
enslaved.org/fullStory/16-2…
You can read more about her petition
royallhouse.org/slavery/belind…
royallhouse.org/slavery/belind…
And you can read more about how I use her petition in teaching the transatlantic slave system
liberatingnarratives.com/suffering-the-…
liberatingnarratives.com/suffering-the-…
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