Personal Levels Of The Slave Trade

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The slave trade was a terrible thing, and it was very immense. And on many levels along with, personal levels, and family levels. Most slaves were put on ships and traveled across the Atlantic Ocean, and it was estimated that 13m slaves were stuck on boats and traveled across the Atlantic Ocean for them to get traded in for goods like corn, tobacco, and wheat.
Slaves were very scared of white people while they were on the slave ship, they thought what white people were cannibals. In reality, white people were taking them above board anf torturing them and making them do things for their entertainment.

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