5 Chapter 4 Queen Anne's Revenge

Chapter 4 Queen Anne's Revenge As Blackbeard captured more and more ships, he created a small fleet. A fleet is a group of ships that sail together. However, even his growing fleet did not have enough room to hold all the looted cargo.

随着黑胡子捕获越来越多的船只，他创建了一支小舰队。 船队是一组一起航行的船只。 然而，即使他不断壮大的舰队也没有足够的空间来容纳所有被掠夺的货物。

While sailing near the island of Saint Vincent late in 1717, the Revenge and the smaller ships Teach had stolen came upon La Concorde. This was a very large French ship packed with slaves. The slaves had been captured in what is now the country of Benin in Africa. The ship was carrying them to markets in French colonies such as Haiti and Martinique, where they would be sold to plantation owners. To make room for more slaves on board, many of its cannons had been left behind.

1717年末，在圣文森特岛附近航行时，复仇号和蒂奇偷来的几艘小船撞上了协和号。 这是一艘非常大的法国船，船上挤满了奴隶。 这些奴隶是在现在的非洲贝宁被捕的。 这艘船把它们运往海地和马提尼克等法国殖民地的市场，在那里它们将被卖给种植园主。 为了给船上更多的奴隶腾出空间，船上的许多大炮被留下了。

La Concorde had been at sea for more than two months. More than fifty of the five hundred slaves had already died on the journey. The crew members of the ship were very sick. Many had scurvy. Only a few were healthy enough to sail the ship . . . or fight off a pirate attack. On November 28, 1717, the lookouts high atop the masts of the Revenge spotted the sails of the slave ship. Blackbeard ordered his helmsman, the sailor steering the ship, to head toward the sails in the distance. The small Revenge was a fastmoving ship, so there was no escape for La Concorde.

协和号已经在海上航行了两个多月。 500名奴隶中有50多人已经在途中死亡。 船上的船员病得很重。 许多人患有坏血病。只有少数人身体健康，能驾驶这艘船。 。。或者击退海盗的袭击。 1717年11月28日，“复仇号”桅杆上的瞭望员发现了这艘奴隶船的帆。 黑胡子命令他的舵手，也就是掌舵的水手，向远处的船帆走去。 小复仇号是一艘快速移动的船，所以协和号无处可逃。

THE SLAVE TRADE WHEN EUROPEAN COUNTRIES FORMED COLONIES IN THE WARMER AREAS OF THE NEW WORLD, THE COLONISTS ESTABLISHED PLANTATIONS. THESE WERE LARGE FARMS THAT RAISED CROPS SUCH AS RICE, SUGARCANE, TOBACCO, AND COTTON. THEY NEEDED A LOT OF PEOPLE TO WORK ON THOSE GIANT FARMS. THEY WANTED TO KEEP PRODUCTION LEVELS HIGH, AND COSTS LOW. IN ORDER TO MAKE THE MOST PROFIT FROM THEIR LAND AND CROPS, THEY DID NOT WANT TO PAY PEOPLE TO WORK ON THE PLANTATIONS. BEGINNING IN THE 1500S, NATIONS SUCH AS GREAT BRITAIN, THE NETHERLANDS, FRANCE, PORTUGAL, AND SPAIN CAPTURED PEOPLE ALONG THE WEST COAST OF AFRICA. SLAVE TRADERS LOADED THEM ONTO SHIPS AND TOOK THEM TO THE NEW WORLD COLONIES. THE VOYAGE WAS AWFUL FOR THE AFRICANS. THEY HAD VERY LITTLE ROOM ON THE BOATS, OFTEN NOT EVEN ENOUGH TO STAND. THEY WERE GIVEN ALMOST NO FOOD OR WATER, AND THEY WERE OFTEN VERY SICK. THOUSANDS DIED EVERY YEAR AT SEA, LONG

当欧洲国家在新大陆较温暖的地区建立殖民地时，殖民者建立了种植园。 这些都是种植水稻、甘蔗、烟草和棉花等作物的大农场。 他们需要很多人在这些巨大的农场里工作。 他们希望保持高生产水平和低成本。 为了从他们的土地和农作物中获得最大的利润，他们不想付钱给在种植园工作的人。 从16世纪开始，英国、荷兰、法国、葡萄牙和西班牙等国在非洲西海岸捕获了一些人。 奴隶贩子把他们装上船，运到新大陆的殖民地。 这次航行对非洲人来说是可怕的。 他们在船上的空间很小，常常连站立的地方都没有。 他们几乎没有食物和水，而且他们经常病得很重。 每年都有数千人死于海上

BEFORE THE SHIPS HAD REACHED THEIR FINAL DESTINATIONS. ONCE THE CAPTIVES ARRIVED IN THE COLONIES, THEY WERE SOLD AS SLAVES TO WORK IN THE FIELDS. SLAVES WERE TREATED AS PROPERTY, AND BOUGHT AND SOLD LIKE CATTLE. THEY HAD NO RIGHTS AND WERE OFTEN SEPARATED FROM THEIR FAMILIES. VERY SLOWLY, OTHER PEOPLE BEGAN TO REALIZE HOW HORRIBLE AND UNFAIR SLAVERY WAS. FRANCE ENDED SLAVERY IN ITS COLONIES IN 1794. GREAT BRITAIN ABOLISHED ITS SLAVE TRADE IN 1807. SLAVERY DID NOT END EVERYWHERE IN THE UNITED STATES UNTIL THE CIVIL WAR WAS OVER, IN 1865. IT IS UNCERTAIN HOW MANY PEOPLE WERE CAPTURED IN AFRICA FROM THE 1500S TO THE 1800S. SOME ESTIMATES ARE AS HIGH AS TWELVE MILLION.

在船只到达最终目的地之前。 一旦俘虏到达殖民地，他们就被当作奴隶卖到地里干活。 奴隶被当作财产对待，像牲畜一样买卖。 他们没有权利，经常与家人分离。 慢慢地，其他人开始意识到奴隶制是多么可怕和不公平。 法国于1794年在其殖民地废除了奴隶制。 英国于1807年废除了奴隶贸易。 直到1865年南北战争结束，奴隶制才在美国各地结束。 从16世纪到19世纪，有多少人在非洲被俘虏是不确定的。 一些估计高达1200万。