Question
on
Antera Duke's
Diary

Answer the following question in two to two and half pages; be sure to provide textual evidence in the form direct quotations for each claim that you make. Be sure to identify your claim/evidence/warrant structures

1) How can we interpret Antera Duke's diary to understand the ways in which the slave trade was conducted in the Old Calabar region? Detail the process step by step -- and the various participants -- from the moment an European ship arrived to the moment it left. Some (but certainly not all) questions to consider as your formulate your answer:

A) Why was there rivalry between the various towns in the region?
B) How long did ships stay?
C) How were price negotiations handled?
D) Who adjudicated disputes and how?
E) How did the African traders acquire their slaves?
F) What was traded for the slaves?