3D model of slave ship brings harrowing history to life

Re:3D model of slave ship brings harrowing history to life by woodruffw on Friday July 26, 2019 @08:16PM (#20539447)

This model is cool, but also clinical: if you're interested in understanding what it was like to be an African kidnapped and sold via the Atlantic slave trade, consider reading Zora Neale Hurston's Barracoon[1] or Aley Haley's Roots[2].

[1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barracoon:_The_Story_of_the_La...

[2]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roots:_The_Saga_of_an_American...

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Re:3D model of slave ship brings harrowing history to life by foldr on Saturday July 27, 2019 @05:55AM (#20541240)

Or you can read accounts by slaves themselves. Olaudah Equiano is a particularly interesting figure:

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olaudah_Equiano

http://www.gutenberg.org/files/15399/15399-h/15399-h.htm

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Re:3D model of slave ship brings harrowing history to life by aaron695 on Saturday July 27, 2019 @01:49AM (#20540596)

Roots is fiction, please don't try an understand the world from fiction or even novels based on truth many or most 'popular' cultural autobiographies are faked, from your Roots link -

"However, historians and genealogists found critical errors in his research. Most of the novel is either unsupported or contradicted by the available evidence."

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Re:3D model of slave ship brings harrowing history to life by woodruffw on Tuesday July 30, 2019 @09:16PM (#20570878)

Roots was advertised as a fictionalization of Haley's family lore.

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