Compare And Contrast My Attitudes Toward The Slave Trade And The Treatment Of Slaves During The Middle Passage

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My attitudes toward the slave trade and the treatment of slaves during the Middle Passage and on the plantation was that it was a inconceivable process of the transporting and selling of African human beings as slaves. African Americans were treated horribly during the slave trade, the Middle Passage, and on their masters plantations. The Middle Passage was a long three to six month sea journey undertaken by slave ships from West Africa to West Indies. During this long journey Africans were chained aboard ships that sailed the Atlantic Ocean, where Africans suffered major starvation and physical abuse.

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