Imagining the Horrors of Enslavement

Reading passage from Alex Haley’s

ROOTS

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Debriefing the Activity

Classroom Experience• Laid close together on floor

of classroom• Hands held together• Listened to passages from

Roots• Teacher maintained serious

demeanor• Students were free to leave

at any portion during the exercise

Historical Reality• Jammed into lower deck of

ship• Hands and feet chained• Heard the screams and

moans of other slaves• Crew verbally and physically

abused slaves• Virtually impossible for

slaves to escape once they were placed on ships