Slavery in the Atlantic World of the Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries

Central Question

Learning Objective

Historical Background

Timeline

PRIMARY SOURCES

Olaudah Equiano, The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano, or Gustavus Vassa, the African, 1789

Robert Collins, Practical Rules for the Management and Medical Treatment of Negro Slaves, in the Sugar Colonies, 1803

Mary Prince, The History of Mary Prince, a West Indian Slave, 1831

Fugitive Slave Advertisements in the United States, 1792-1860

Esteban Montejo’s Account of Life in the Barracoons, 1963