Atlantic Slave Trade Inhumane

I have just completed my study on a ship going through the middle passage of the
Atlantic Slave Trade. Its common sense to know that the trade is wrong in the sense of human rights, but after my study I know that the trade is completely inhumane and dangerous for many reasons. Parliament should end the slave trade due to the fact that it is racist, unsanitary, and harmful to the people involved. They will argue that they are profitable and helpful I can strongly argue otherwise.
The slave trade is incredibly racist. The very start of it began with Sir John Hawkins who was the first Englishman to begin transporting ships of African American slaves across the
Atlantic to the new world. It is unfair that African Americans are targeted as the ones to be used as slaves when …show more content…
The trade ships are incredibly dirty and full of infections and diseases that cause life to be dangerous and cause death. The captains were known as tight r loose packers based on how many people they brought at once. There was overcrowding, little ventilation, and barely any sanitation. This caused suffocation, disease, death, and things like lice. the people who became mentally ill were brutally killed on the ship and thrown overboard and the people who showed any signs of being sick were thrown overboard while still alive. It is not fair to the people that they have to involuntarily live in such disgusting conditions.
The ship life is inhumane for so many reasons that it would take a whole other passage to talk about what I witnessed in the daily life on these ships. The slaves were fed poorly, although they got meals every day the meals are comparable to what is used to feed horses. The slaves were forced to dance in order to keep them somewhat healthy and if they refused they were whipped and beaten. The women were also often raped and beaten. The situations on these ships are not healthy for any human to be living