Strange Cargo

About this resource

This can be played on its own as a stimulus when studying the Middle Passage of the Triangular Trade. The graphic is particularly helpful as it compares historical trafficking with that of the present day; the traditional hold of goods is replaced with African slaves culminating in a shocking photograph of smuggled immigrants. It could also be used as a comparison of sources with the plan of the Brookes slave ship.

Format

Song: A thoughtful ballad about people as merchandise

Visuals: Historical images of slave ships ending with contemporary image of trafficked men.

 

Credits

Lead vocal : Hannah Millsted
Fiddle : Tom Deam
Visuals : Peter S Smith

Words and music written by Paul Field

 

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