Primary Source Reflection
WORLD HISTORY PROJECT1200/ LESSON 3.6CLOSERREFLECTIONUnless otherwise noted, this work is licensed under CC BY 4.0. Credit: “Reflection”, OER Project, www.oerproject.com/1PurposeNow that you’ve learned more about the Atlantic slaving system, it’s time to return to the firsthand account you analyzed at the beginning of the lesson. This activity will help you reflect on how your understanding has deepened.Process1.Reread the primary source excerpt that you analyzed in the opening activity of this lesson: Soon after this, the blacks who brought me on board went off, and left me abandoned to despair. I now saw myself deprived [robbed] of all chance of returning to my native country, or even the least glimpse of hope of gaining the shore, which I now considered as friendly, and even wished for my former slavery, in preference to my present situation, which was filled with horrors of every kind still heightened by my ignorance of what I was to undergo. -Equiano, Olaudah. The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano, or Gustavus Vassa, the African.1789.2.Reconsider your interpretation of the emotions expressed by Equiano in the opener activity. What have you learned that supports, challenges, or extends your initial response?3.Reconsider your description of the situation Equiano was describing in the opener activity. What have you learned that supports, challenges, or extends your initial response?4.What have you learned that can help you answer the questions that you generated in the opener activity?