Sadie and Bessie showed a lot of emotional intensity in their stories. This picture shows that same intensity. The sails on this ship are white, where as the men pulling the ship are African American. This color change is done on purpose. The sails are white to show that white people were the owners of the ship. The men suffering and pulling the ship forward are African American. Their struggle shows the struggle that the African American people faced while they were on the slave ships in the middle passage. Sadie and Bessie also struggled and saw many other African Americans struggle throughout their life. They have seen and lived it first hand like these men pulling the ship see and live the intense struggle.
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