Many of these fortresses still stand on the coasts of Africa, at places like Ilmina and Goree Island, as ruined monuments to the cruel economy of years past. Once they reached the coast, some captives were taken to slave forts or compounds, where they waited for a slave vessel to arrive. It sometimes took several months to transport captives to the coast, and they often were sold and resold to several new owners along the way. We were then unbound, but were unable to take any food and, being quite overpowered by fatigue and grief, our only relief was some sleep. Here they tied our hands, and continued to carry us as far as they could, till night came on, when we reached a small house where the robbers halted for refreshment, and spent the night. One day, when all our people were gone out to their works as usual, and only I and my dear sister were left to mind the house, two men and a woman got over our walls and in a moment seized us both, and, without giving us time to cry out, or make resistance, they stopped our mouths, and ran off with us into the nearest wood. Olaudah Equiano was abducted when he was 8 years old. Bands of slavers would roam the African countryside, preying on villagers who let their guard down. While Europeans owned and operated the slave ships, the work of kidnapping new victims was generally left to West Africans. Let's all watch it again with this info in mind and see if it makes sense.A Journey in Chains Capture Slave compound on the Gulf of Guinea, 1746 John was an alien the whole time looking for redheads to do experiments on and procreate with. So he can smell genes, in a way.” ’Kay, cool. “It's all part of this one grand experiment that's basically John Smith's species trying to figure out how they could come to this planet and take over.”Īs for why John sniffed that shirt, Duemmler says, “His senses are much more advanced than ours. “I felt that that might be a reason why John's species could procreate with us, that the only way he can is because of that one gene,” he says. (Libby and Michelle both have natural red hair that's been dyed blond.) Duemmler posits John's species is looking to procreate with humans and take over the planet, and maybe they're compatible only with people who have the redhead gene. If you really paid attention to this film, you picked up on the fact these aliens are interested only in redheaded specimens. They do it to attract different personalities, but they're always after the same thing, which is very clear in the last shot. One of them is a scientist and kind of nerdy. Although the exoskeleton is the same, the algorithm changes for each one. He is an exoskeleton that has been designed as a Venus flytrap. Duemmler explains to E.W., “John is designed by his species. It turns out that was one of those clones we see at the end. If you recall, earlier in the movie, Libby goes into town and sees a guy who looks just like John. Duemmler also reveals the blue light enabled Libby to breathe under water, and she smiles in the cell when she realizes that.
Michelle was his first, presumably, and now he's moved on to Libby. He confirms John is a “species from another planet” who's come to earth to collect specimens. Duemmler cleared things up in an interview with E.W. Ema Horvath and Trey Tucker in What Lies Below Courtesy Everett Collection
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