Sarah
Summary- Sarah was on the Liverpool slave ship the Hudibras in 1785. She caught everyone’s attention on the ship as for she had beauty and grace as well as charisma. She showed off her dance skills on the ship when she could and was selected as one of Captain Jenkin Evan’s “favorites” as well as one other young woman. She was named Sarah by Captain Evans which is a biblical name relating to a princess and beautiful wife of Abraham. The enslave men on the ship all of the sudden started a revolt to take over the vessel and they later found out that Sarah and her mother were involved in it. They did not participate in the actual revolt but still knew about it and Sarah possibly helped plan it or help free the men from the chains with her advantages of being a favorite. She was punished but survived and was sold.
There is clear evidence of resistance from the enslaved men in this story. They try to kill or capture the ship’s crew and take over the vessel to try and get free. Also resistance is shown from Sarah because she knew about this and could have even helped plan it.They all of the sudden erupted and made their best attempt to resist enslavement. However, they were defeated and punished. The excerpt describes it as a bloody scene which makes it clear that they fought very hard.
I learned some new things from this reading. I did not previously know that the enslaved men and women could dance to African musicians on the ship for exercise. That must have been a little enjoyable for them to move around with each other. I thought they left the enslaved people chained and lying down all day. Also, I learned that Captains could pick favorites like Captain Evans had done with Sarah and treat them a little better than anyone else
