Background of Slavery
The History of African Enslavement African Enslavement & Afro-Bajan Heritage is intricate and controversial, yet, one thing is certain, 300 years of bondage and discrimination will certainly always be remembered. The memoir of the slave Olaudah Equiano, is a great point to start. He offers a riveting account of the brutality on the slave ships and on arriving in Barbados. Below is a sample from the site. Olaudah was familiar with slavery from a very early age. He recalls that as a child in Africa, he and his brother or sisters were constantly checking for wandering rogues that abducted kids . One time, when his parents were away, he identified a rogue character and alerted the neighbors, who subdued the rogue . However, later rogue abductors recorded him and his sis and took them on a lengthy journey to locations far off. Living with an African family, he recalls that they treated him kindly and it seemed like he was among family members. However, this was simply the beginning ...