Document B: Mingo White’s Narrative


(Sourcing) When was this interview conducted? How might this affect the reliability of this source?

(Contextualization) According to Mingo White, "there were a lot of slave speculators in Chester to buy some slaves for some folks in Alabama." What was happening in the economy of the Deep South at that time (1840-1852)? How might this historical context help to explain why there were so many slave traders in Chester?

How does this narrative provide evidence of the human impact of the domestic slave trade?

Respuesta :

1. The interview of Mingo White by Levi D. Shelby Jr. was conducted between 1936 and 1938 as the exact date remains uncertain.

2. This uncertain date might jeopardize the reliability of the source since there must have been some certain dates when the interview was held.

3. The economy of the Deep South between 1840 and 1852 was greatly steeped into the transportation and trading of persons in the slavery business for powering agricultural production.

4. The historical context that explains the reason for the presence of many slave traders in Chester is that Chester businessmen used the then-thriving Chester seaport to convey African Americans to Alabama.

5. This Mingo White's narrative provides evidence that the domestic slave trade devastated many families, separating children from their parents and wives from their husbands, just because African Americans were then regarded as marketable properties and human agricultural machines.

What is the slave trade?

Slave trade involves the capture, transportation, sale, and purchase of enslaved persons, mainly Africans. While the slave trade remains an ancient practice, the Atlantic slave trade decimated the population of Africa. Its modern form takes the payment of non-living wages to workers.

Thus, we can conclude that the lack of a certain date punctures the interview's reliability.

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