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People experienced the middle passage in a very tight situation because according to document D it shows a diagram. This diagram shows which floor the slaves are in and how they all fit together. Which to me would be quite uncomfortable because imagine that you’re one of them and you have to be in the same smooshed position 24/7. This placed was very packed that they gave up going to the bathroom in the bucket provided since it still spills either way. Not only that but the rooms have limited measurements for each person for example: each man is allowed 6’ by 1’4’, women are allowed 5’10’ by 1’4’, and children 5’ by 1’2’.
During the middle passage not only did the slaves experienced such unsanitary but also doctors that needed money to live.

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