How Did African Women's Experiences Differ from African Men's on Board

question 16

Multiple Choice

How did African women's experiences differ from African men's on board slave ships?

• A) Crews treated African women to better food, hoping to gain their trust and keep them from rebelling.
• B) African women experienced sexual violence by the ships' crews. This high level of violence, and its psychological effects, may have led to their lessened sex drives once the women arrived in the Caribbean and Latin America.
• C) African women generally were treated with more respect, since they could reproduce and therefore gain a higher price on the market.
• D) African women were beaten frequently, as European men found their lack of "manners" disgusting.

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