The Middle Passage was one of the toughest experiences during the transportation of slaves. The conditions were absolutely terrible and the way they were treated was even worse.The Middle Passage was the forced journey of slaves across the Atlantic to the New World. It was also a part of the Triangular Trade where people traded goods such as guns, knives, ammo, cloth, tools, etc. The slaves were stored under the deck and chained to low-lying platforms. The average individual space was 6 feet long by 16 inches wide and 3 feet high. Unable to turn over or stand erect many slaves died in this position. Exercise was often “dancing” which was entertainment for the crew. The women were given more freedom, but were often prey for sexual advances
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And the new European Empires got their workforce from Africa. Africans had experience with agriculture and keeping cattle, they were used to a tropical climate, resistant to tropical diseases, and they could be worked “very hard” on plantations or in mines. (Boddy-Evans, 2015) Rebellions on board ship consisted of starving oneself to death, in this event the slave was force fed or tortured using different means to make them eat. Another way to rebel was to commit suicide; some slaves would throw themselves overboard. Violent rebellions were dealt with harshly by the captain and crew. Many rebellions may have gone undocumented since slaves did not write and the only records were those from surviving ships journals.(Prince, 2008)
The Middle Passage was a terrible time when slaves were transported from Africa to North America, South America, and the Caribbean. Everything about the journey was terrible for the slaves,from the conditions to the malnutrition to the way they were treated verbally. The Middle Passage wasn 't just the transportation of slaves, it was the transportation of people whose lives practically went away as soon as they boarded the ship that was gonna take them to the New
And the new European Empires got their workforce from Africa. Africans had experience with agriculture and keeping cattle, they were used to a tropical climate, resistant to tropical diseases, and they could be worked “very hard” on plantations or in mines. (Boddy-Evans, 2015) Rebellions on board ship consisted of starving oneself to death, in this event the slave was force fed or tortured using different means to make them eat. Another way to rebel was to commit suicide; some slaves would throw themselves overboard. Violent rebellions were dealt with harshly by the captain and crew. Many rebellions may have gone undocumented since slaves did not write and the only records were those from surviving ships journals.(Prince, 2008)
The Middle Passage was a terrible time when slaves were transported from Africa to North America, South America, and the Caribbean. Everything about the journey was terrible for the slaves,from the conditions to the malnutrition to the way they were treated verbally. The Middle Passage wasn 't just the transportation of slaves, it was the transportation of people whose lives practically went away as soon as they boarded the ship that was gonna take them to the New