# data[].attributes.headline
(Close Reading) What were 2-3 ways people experienced the middle passage? Use evidence from your document.

# data[].attributes.subject
(Close Reading) What were 2-3 ways people experienced the middle passage? Use evidence from your document.

# data[].attributes.headline
(Corroboration) How is this account similar or different from other Accounts?

# data[].attributes.subject
(Corroboration) How is this account similar or different from other Accounts?

# data[].attributes.headline
(Reliability): To what extent is this source reliable for understanding how people experienced the Middle Passage. What makes the source reliable? What might make it not reliable?

# data[].attributes.subject
(Reliability): To what extent is this source reliable for understanding how people experienced the Middle Passage. What makes the source reliable? What might make it not reliable?

# data[].attributes.body
Enslaved people were brought to Americas due to European explorers looking to settle in the Americas. It was very dangerous for both due to lack of hygiene, heat and thirst, revolts and disturbances during the slave trade. The slave trade resulted in a diverse cultural situation in the Americas, such as Brazil.

# data[].attributes.body
The slaves on the ships had a horrible experience as they have to deal with smallpox and the white flux as they don’t have the immunity for it. In the text, it mentions, “The distemper which my men as well as the blacks mostly died of was the white flux. . . . The (enslaved) are so vulnerable to the small-pox that few ships that carry them escape without it”. Slaves would also have to endure the bad conditions of the living courters of the ship they had to stay in. In the text, it states, “keeping their lodgings as clean and sweet as possible, and enduring so much misery and stench so long among creatures nastier than swine”. Here the captain of the ship, Philip, mention how he and his crew try to keep their spaces as clean as possible but in reality, those space were probably cramped and very dirty which could explain why smallpox and white flux were hard to endure for the slaves. The slave traders have to try their best to keep their slaves alive because their company will lose 10 pounds. In the text, it states, “Of the first we buried 14, and of the last 320, which was a great detriment to our voyage, the Royal African Company losing ten pounds by every slave that died. . . .”.

# data[].attributes.body
During the middle passage, slaves were all tightly packed into ships, and were dehumanized by the British by being treated like objects.   The British were also a major part in promoting the middle passage by creating ships that transported many slaves.

# data[].attributes.body
When Olaudah Equiano was enslaved he was placed onto a boat with terrible conditions. Olauduh states that the boat smelled terrible, to the point of making him sick. People were commonly beaten and chained, and many attempted suicide.

# data[].attributes.body
This account is different because it shows no opinion but it may be biased because it’s a diagram that was trying to showcase how these ships for enslaved people had become better.

# data[].attributes.body
This source is not so reliable for understanding how people experienced the Middle Passage because not every one followed the Regulated Slave Trade Act of 1788. The diagram only reflects that the law was improved but it fails to show the improvement.

# data[].attributes.body
This account would be different from the account of slaves because this source is a journal from a slave trader. But this account would be similar to the accounts of the other crew mates on board because they would most likely have similar beliefs to the captain. In the journal entry, Philip, the captain of the ship, states, “after all our pains and care to give [the slaves] their messes, . . . keeping their lodgings as clean and sweet as possible”. Here Philip tries to paint himself as a good person when in reality the conditions of the ship are very unsanitary.

# data[].attributes.body
This source is very reliable from the perspective of the slave traders and what they thought about slaves and the middle passage. This source is a journal entry from Philip, a captain of a ship that transported slaves and was a slave trader, but his beliefs influenced his perspective and he was very biased with his folks and tried to paint himself as the one going through a hard time being a slave trader. In reality, the conditions of the ship slaves were on were probably very unsanitary which increased the mortality rate along with the spread of smallpox and the white flux amongst the slaves.

# data[].attributes.body
Enslaved people were fastened together and kept so close that they could only lay on their sides. Their living conditions were terrible as apartments had three to four large buckets for human waste. It was difficult for some people to get to these buckets because they had been shackled so at times, they would relieve themselves where they lied. Their food was also stored horribly as it was stored in small water bucket sized tubs. On top of this, if they didn't eat, their lips would be burnt with scorching hot coals put on a shovel. The air on the ships was not fresh and their surroundings were filthy and unsafe because of the amount of human germs such as blood and mucus which if spread to others can cause many different illnesses. Overall, these ships were in horrible condition.

# data[].attributes.body
This account is different from other accounts because it is written in the first perspective and as an autobiography. This document explains first-hand how horrible the conditions were. This is an opposing view of that from a slave trader because it clearly depicts the status and harsh actions that happened aboard the ship.

# data[].attributes.body
This document is different from the other documents because it is a second hand source with potential bias in favor of Portugal. It explains some hardships that were dealt with during the slave trade, such as how enslaved people suffered when traveling to the Americas, but has insufficient information overall.

# data[].attributes.headline
I think that it is a reliable source to an extent. it will show what the slave trade was meant to be, but not everyone will follow the law....so we don't know exactly what happened. The document made slave trade look more ethical than it was. 

# data[].attributes.subject
I think that it is a reliable source to an extent. it will show what the slave trade was meant to be, but not everyone will follow the law....so we don't know exactly what happened. The document made slave trade look more ethical than it was. 

# data[].attributes.body
This source is very reliable. It's a primary source that comes straight from someone that experienced the middle passage themselves, and as such it is most likely very accurate. Considering that it was written years after this event took place, the descriptions might not be as detailed as possible.

# data[].attributes.body
This document

# data[].attributes.body
The document is somewhat reliable because it explains Portugal's part in the slave trade. However there is potential bias in favor of Portugal since they used the word "migration" to explain how they forced enslaved people to arrive to the Americas. This is a second hand document made in 1995 and there could be missing information.

# data[].attributes.body
This source is mostly reliable because the author Alexander Falconbridge served as a doctor on these ships. He could have left a lot out of this document though. From what I see, he later worked with the Anti-Slavery Society so I am assuming he wanted to show what would happen and have something positive come from that rather than something negative, I'm hoping.