Literature lesson 7 Black voices

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Did you know?

Between 1525 and 1866, in the entire history of the slave trade to the New World, according to the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade Database, 12.5 million Africans were shipped to the New World. 10.7 million survived the dreaded Middle Passage, disembarking in North America, the Caribbean and South America.

 

And how many of these 10.7 million Africans were shipped 

directly to North America? Only about 388,000. 

The American whites used education as a tool to surpress black people. How are literacy and freedom related?

What does the writer of this poem want to share here?

Have you ever thought about the position of Black soldiers in the American Army? 

But there is hope