Negative Effects Of Living Conditions On African American Slavery

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From the year 1450-1750 slaves were brought to America by `the Europeans from places in Africa. The living conditions for the slaves were bad. The slaves had basically no rights.
Their were some negative effects from taking the slaves from Africa.
The slaves did not have good living conditions while they were being transported. The smell was so bad that it was hard for them to eat or even taste anything. If they acted out in any way they were severely beaten and whipped. The slaves wished they would have stayed where they had been before rather than being transported on that ship where they were treated so badly. Many of the slaves died from the beatings they took, disease, and starvation. (Document #2 and #3)
The slaves did not have many

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