Bridgetown, Barbados (Interesting Narrative...)
In The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano, Bridgetown, Barbados is one of the stops that the boat full of enslaved people stops to sell the people in an inhumane and degrading way. Olaudah says " Many merchants and planters now came on board, though it was in the evening. They put us in separate parcels, and examined us attentively. They also made us jump, and pointed to the land, signifying we were to go there. We thought by this we should be eaten by these ugly men, as they appeared to us; and, when soon after we were all put down under the deck again, there was much dread and trembling among us, and nothing but bitter cries to be heard all the night from these apprehensions, insomuch that at last the white people got some old slaves from the land to pacify us. "
Bridgetown is the capital of Barbados and currently a huge tourist destination. It's in the West Indies, and on the southwest edge of Barbados, making it a good location for boats to stop at (Brittanica). It was a big place of power for the British colonies in the 1800s and a place where a lot of slave trade occurred (Wikipedia). It is the main place still today where government, commerce, and most things in the island take place (Wiki).
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Longitude: -59.613174100000