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Slave ships very crowded. Slaves had to be silent or get beat. Slaves of all ages on board. Small children to elderly. Usually only width of shoulders. Very narrow. Large kettles on deck to cook for cargo. Hardly any fresh air and sunlight get to slaves. Stench was extremely bad. Could barely breath in far corners. Many in far corners almost dead cause of no air. Many emaciated. Lot of them die. Women and men all captured. Some had gun on deck to fire at ships trying to stop slave transport. Had to lay in each other's laps. Over 500 packed each trip. |
Back (Definition) "Aboard a Slave Ship, 1829," EyeWitness to History, www.eyewitnesstohistory.com (2000). |
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Below deck layers of floor. Females and males separated. All nude. Carried way over capacity of slaves than exposed too. Under floors of slaves was large space to hold other important cargo like food, etc. slaves went insane sometimes. Even though captured still revolted. Kept group small so no one would find out. Hoped would join when the time came. Received gruesome punishments if revolted. If not all died. Rarely did it work. Sometimes it did. African men had experience in military so it was easy to fight. When arrived to Virginia were greased with palm oil (to make look good) and sold on epithet the ship or in the market. Were given regular names when sold. Very bad conditions |
Wolfe, Brendan. "Slave Ships and the Middle Passage." Encyclopedia Virginia. Virginia Foundation for the Humanities, 29 Jan. 2013. Web. 7 May. 2015. |
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In good conditions were taken to deck to exercise and eat. If did not eat were force fed. Women were sometimes kept on deck and were exposed to sexual assault and violence. Sea sickness and heat very bad. Also smallpox and other bad diseases exposed to slaves. 1 in 5 slaves died. Europe put restrictions on slave ships for safety of crew. After laws were passed 1 in 8 slaves died. Dead were thrown over board. |
"Life on Board Slave Ships." National Museums Liverpool. N.p., n.d. Web. 8 May 15.
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