The transatlantic slave trade was more than a commercial endeavor. It was a traumatic experience for enslaved Africans transported to the Americas to serve as unfree laborers. Reflect on the excerpt from Derek Walcotts Omeros on the Introduction screen and the engravings depicting the slave coffles, slave ships, and various aspects of slave trading in Chapter 2. Recall the chapters s of testimonies from sailors, ship captains, and enslaved Africans. Write an essay that describes in detail the process of enslavement from the kidnapping of Africans on the continent to the auctioning of them as slaves in the Americas. Describe the experience from the point of view of enslaved persons.
