There was the first slave taken to America from Africa. Volume and direction of the transatlantic slave trade from all African to all American regions [Image]. (n.d.) Retrieved from: http://www.slavevoyages.org/tast/assessment/intro-maps/09.jsp

I went out hunting by myself and was caught by a man. Leg shackles [Image]. (n.d.). Retrieved from http://lcdl.library.cofc.edu/lcdl/catalog/lcdl:54728

Everyone who were kidnapped were forced to walk a long journay to the coast and boarded the ship. Jasmine, L. (n.d.). Islam Compared to the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade [Image]. Retrieved from http://slaveproject1.weebly.com/islam-and-the-trans-atlantic-slave-trade.html

We were given a tiny place to sleep. Slave Trade [Image]. (n.d.). Retrieved from http://hitchcock.itc.virginia.edu/SlaveTrade/collection/large/JCB_01138-1.JPG

We were fed twice a day with little food only. Tracy, W. (1860). A Survivor from the "Wildfire" [Image]. Retrieved from http://www.slavevoyages.org/tast/resources/images-list.faces

It was really crowded in the ship and people excreted everywhere they wanted. Tracy, W. (1860). Liberated Africans on Deck of Bark "Wildfire" [Image]. Retrieved from http://www.slavevoyages.org/tast/resources/images-list.faces

There was limited place in the ship and we didn't have the freedom to exercise. Middle Passage [Image]. (n.d.). Retrieved from http://f.tqn.com/y/africanhistory/1/S/v/I/MiddlePassage001.jpg

People died because of poor hygiene, diseases and starvation. Transatlantic slave trade [Image]. (n.d.). Retrieved from http://imgbuddy.com/atlantic-slave-trade.asp

Because of the inhuman treatment we received, we knew that we had to rebel.

Obviously, we failed...due to the lack of power we got.

The only way to escape was to jump into the sea and swam back to Africa.I was one of them...

After three days of swimming, we arrived Africa!!