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What this 18th-century shipwreck reveals about the horrors of the slave trade | National Geographic
What this 18th-century shipwreck reveals about the horrors of the slave trade | National Geographic
archived 10 Sep 2025 20:53:39 UTC
For three weeks, since the Portuguese São José Paquete d’Africa lifted anchor in Mozambique, the 512 enslaved Mozambicans crammed into its hold had been living a nightmare of seasickness, dehydration, disease, and degradation. Ahead lay a harrowing four-month crossing to Maranhão, Brazil, followed by a lifetime of forced labor in the cane fields. On the voyage perhaps 20 percent would die, the average mortality rate on a slave ship, where African people were shackled, packed in like cargo, and made to endure horrendous conditions. As many as two million souls perished on tens of thousands of ships that sailed the notorious Middle Passage, as the journey across the Atlantic is now known.
Few firsthand accounts exist of what it was like to be transported on a slave ship. One is an autobiography written in 1789 by author and abolitionist Olaudah Equiano, who was abducted from the Ibo region of the Kingdom of Benin in present-day Nigeria and trafficked from West Africa to Barbados. “The stench of the hold, while we were on the coast, was so intolerably loathsome, that it was dangerous to remain there . . .
ShipsShips#slaveship#slavery#natgeo
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What this 18th-century shipwreck reveals about the horrors of the slave trade | National Geographic
// Note: on Google Search results
// Note: on Google Search results

thought I had a solution, but I had two extensions and after deactivating both, neither worked by itself or together. "Google 100 Results" and "Show 100 Google Search Results"

It still works, some added documentation is in order. At the top you automatically get "AI Mode", I like that but they show only 10 hits after that, which is the reason this extension is important. To see your 100 hits, click on "All" to show all 100 hits you will then also see "Active | Showing 100 hits" just below. I saw exactly 100 hits after the pictured stuff at the top, I counted them, no I actually used a bookmarklet which counted and marked 117 and subtracted the 17 marked at the top. I like it this way as I get to see both the AI and the 100 hits. You also have other choices from Google besides "AI Mode" and "All" on that line.

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ChromewebstoreChromewebstore#chromewebstore#notes
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// Note: on Google Search results
CSS Zen Garden: All Designs
CSS Zen Garden: All Designs
A demonstration of what can be accomplished visually through CSS-based design.
ZenZen#zen
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CSS Zen Garden: All Designs
Daring Fireball: Markdown Basics
Daring Fireball: Markdown Basics

𝍤 -------Note top--------------- [N] NOTE -- limited markdown in raindrop.io

*italic* , **bold** , _italic_ , __bold__

italic , bold , italic , bold

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ZenZen
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Daring Fireball: Markdown Basics
The History of 6 Legendary White House Rooms — History Facts
The History of 6 Legendary White House Rooms — History Facts
Constructed between 1792 and 1800, the White House has been home to every U.S. president except the first: Though George Washington oversaw construction of the building, he never actually lived in it. But the White House’s 132 rooms and 18 acres are more than just a residence — the Pennsylvania Avenue mansion is a symbol of power that occupies a singular place in American history and popular culture. Here’s a closer look at six White House rooms where America’s presidents have lived, worked, and even played. Oval Office Despite being the most famous room in the White House, the Oval Office was not part of the original building. In fact, the White House lacked a dedicated presidential office until Theodore Roosevelt constructed a “temporary” executive office building in 1902, known today as the West Wing. It contained the first presidential office — a ...Read More
ArchitectureArchitecture#architecture#OvalOffice#WhiteHouse
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The History of 6 Legendary White House Rooms — History Facts
Jeff Dean: AI isn't as smart as you think -- but it could be | TED [18:31]- YouTube
Jeff Dean: AI isn't as smart as you think -- but it could be | TED [18:31]- YouTube
What is AI, really? Jeff Dean, the head of Google's AI efforts, explains the underlying technology that enables artificial intelligence to do all sorts of things, from understanding language to diagnosing disease -- and presents a roadmap for building better, more responsible systems that have a deeper understanding of the world. (Followed by a Q&A with head of TED Chris Anderson)
TED (#TED, #TEDTalks)TED (#TED, #TEDTalks)#YouTube#ai#ted#youtube
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Jeff Dean: AI isn't as smart as you think -- but it could be | TED [18:31]- YouTube
Mossad, Terrifying CIA Technology, Blackwater & The Most Secret CIA Unit [4:18:19] | John Kiriakou - YouTube
Mossad, Terrifying CIA Technology, Blackwater & The Most Secret CIA Unit [4:18:19] | John Kiriakou - YouTube
𝍤 John Kiriakou served 15 years in the CIA as a Case Officer (Spy) and as CIA's Head of Counterterrorism Operations in Pakistan where he lead the raid that captured Abu Zubaydah. After his CIA career, he blew the whistle on the CIA's Enhanced Interrogation Program.
TerroristsTerrorists#YouTube#CIA#terrorists#youtube#kiriakou
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Mossad, Terrifying CIA Technology, Blackwater & The Most Secret CIA Unit [4:18:19] | John Kiriakou - YouTube