The Dark History
The dark history. Chapter 2, across the Black Atlantic Ocean. The real story of a tribe of Slaves who committed mass suicide by Drowning themselves together in The sea. With one mind, the journey across the Atlantic was a nightmare. The captives were confined aboard a slave Ship under brutal conditions. Disease, Hunger, fear, and death Surrounded them. Every day brought another reminder that the world they once knew was disappearing. Yet among them, stories survived. Stories of Their ancestors. Stories of home. Stories of spirits and Rivers. Stories that reminded them that their captors could restrain their bodies, but could not completely control their minds. After surviving the Middle passage, they finally reached Savannah, Georgia in 1803. Approximately 75 Igbo captives were Eventually purchased and prepared for transport toward St. Simon's Island. They believed the worst of the Journey might finally be over. They were Wrong. Their destination was not Freedom. It...