Explain Why Resistance On Board The Middle Passage failed

Question 1

Slaves feared punishment

Answer 1

Slaves who resister where punished in front of others to warn them off

Question 2

Armed guards where kept in hatchways and stood over mealtimes

Answer 2

Weapons where threatening and slaves who rebelled where shot at

Question 3

Rebelling slaves where tortured and forced to confess there plans when caught

Answer 3

This prevented them and others from rebelling again as they where so terrified

Question 4

The male slaves (strongest and forest) where chained in twos

Answer 4

This made it increasingly diffficult for them to successfully resist

Question 5

When near the slaves the captain of the ship was accompanied by an armed escort

Answer 5

Slaves feared the escort and it made it difficult for them to rebell

Question 6

Punishment included being hung from the mast of the ship, having fingers crushed by thumb screws or being thrown overboard

Answer 6

This was performed in front of slaves to scare them into peace. After in successful rebellion many slaves took their own life