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Inhuman Traffick

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The detailed descriptions included in primary sources, along with the descriptive and emotional illustrations included in graphic history are crucial elements in studying and understanding the process and history of the transatlantic slave trade. Rafe Blaufarb and Liz Clarke tie both of these together to help readers truly understand this historic tragedy in the book, Inhuman Traffick: The International Struggle Against the Transatlantic Slave Trade. Although different than the standard book that may be used, that simply spews information out in an uncreative and somewhat boring way, this book is a tool that can be chosen in classrooms to teach different aspects of the slave trade. Working together, the primary sources and graphic history …show more content…

Graphic histories allow once bland, and sometimes hard to comprehend text, to transform into a detailed account of history through colorful images. The illustrations in the graphic history give reality to the emotional pain and physical torture slaves endured on the slave trade, and give a better perspective and raw feeling than what a simple paragraph of text gives. These images allow the text to come to life, which can help with feeling the emotions, fears, etc. of those going through the hardships of the transatlantic slave trade. The story of Thomas George and his wife Sarah is told in the primary sources. It once again is told, but also shown in the graphic history portion of the book, and fully portrays the raw emotion of both Thomas and Sarah. By providing both accounts of this unfortunate historic reality it is easy to show students the realities and emotions that many people endured during the slave trade, while also specifying the details of how and why families were separated. Images are also a great way for students to put a face to a name or picture to an event after reading primary sources that include rich information, names, dates, and events that might be hard to remember without an image to help reinforce the material. Students are provided with a richer interpretation of the historical events for those who read the graphic portion of the novel before the primary sources. It forces students to create their own analysis of what they believed happened, possibly between different sections of the graphic images or behind the scenes of what is not being portrayed in the images. They are then able to refer to the primary source section of the novel to learn the underlying information that is missing in the graphic

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