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I shouldn’t be treated this way because

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We were put on this ship. Why they’re people with guns?

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I am terrified because I saw someone get sick and then get thrown of the ship screaming. I don’t know what is happening

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I am teirrifiden

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I feel terrified because they are treating me bad

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I felt terrified

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Ohhhhhh God

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I am

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I am terrified. I don’t know where I am. I don’t see my family or anyone I know. I looked down and saw chains on my hand and the chains were attached to other people. I’m in a dark place with random people and I don’t know how I got here. I was being treated harshly

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I am terrified because I saw someone get sick and get thrown of the ship scr

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My head was throbbing while I was stepping aboard a ship. Chains were buckled onto me and my legs felt so weak. I saw the women pound rice for us to eat. I wanted to cry out for help. But I knew there was no one to help me. It was packed. But I didn't reliase how packed until I was shoved below deck. There were hundreds of people down there. Then I became one of them. There were about 600 of us down there. It was sweaty and humid. And very stinky as well. I felt so uncomfortable laying down. I couldn't breathe straight. Some days, I would try to sit up, but I would move my fellow Africans and the roof was 4 feet so, there was no point in trying. It would be tough when I had to witness one of my kind die. They would just unchain him, and throw him overboard for shark food. I was disgusted at how they treated us. One day, we finally hit land.

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I feel scared because I don’t know where I am going and I got split up from my family. There are many people on board that I don’t know. There is a disease that is spreading to one another. Some people are even being thrown overboard and I don’t know why. I’m in a very small space with chains on my hands.

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I saw my family taken away by these people. I was really scared I was hiding in my house for someone to not kidnapped me. A couple of minutes have passed I looked outside the window and there I see people with weapons it’s like there going kill me. I hid under my bed and I hear these voice saying “ where is this negro”. I was praying for them not to see but... they did they grabbed from the neck and dragged me outside to a boat. I was fighting back but I was too week. They put me under the boat with only about 4 feet tall I got chained up with these other men. During voyage

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I don’t know what’s going on. I saw these people trying to get me, and eventually they did. I’m a ship other people, that I have never seen before. I don’t know if they got my family or just me but I’m scared. It smells bad, some people are sick, and others are dying.

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I am terrified because I have been captured fro, my home land and taken on to a ship. I don’t know where I am or where I am going. One I got on the ship, they threw me into the bottom part of the ship and told me to stay there until the trip was over . I tried to sit up but I couldn’t because they space was about 4 feet tall so we had to lay down the whole time. It smelled terrible like so many people had just died at once. They also put us in shackles so we could not move or escape. There were people yelling for help, but still knowing that nobody was going to hear us. The people that captured us never came back down to check on us.

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I was home on a hot day in Africa just about to go to work and say goodbye to my children and all of a sudden four men cam at me and pick me up tied me to them and took me away. I was taken to an isolated place and then was beaten and brought to the coast. 400 slaves lined up on the beach and were cramped abound the ship and split up form our families and I was extremely scared. I did not get any food or water for almost 2 months and people were being killed and becoming sick and were not treated, this was truly cruel and they did no care if we lived or died. For most of the days I would be chained to my fellow Africans and would lay down the whole day but some days taken and thrown tot he floor.

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i feel so terrified I don’t know what to do I wanna go home these people treat me like dirt  just because my color I get treated like this it is not fair we are all humans color does not nothin we are all the same I am stuck on a boat with all these people I don’t know they are sweating bc it’s so hot and we have to be squished all together until we got to are distinction it smells horrible we can’t even move the Europe should not treat us like this it is not fair I’m so done I wanna go home I’m done wit these people treating me like I wasn’t nothing people all around me are dying it’s scaring cause I don’t wannna die I see all these deseiase going by 

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i feel so terrified I don’t know what to do I wanna go home these people treat me like dirt  just because my color I get treated like this it is not fair we are all humans color does not nothin we are all the same I am stuck on a boat with all these people I don’t know they are sweating bc it’s so hot and we have to be squished all together until we got to are distinction it smells horrible we can’t even move the Europe should not treat us like this it is not fair I’m so done I wanna go home I’m done wit these people treating me like I wasn’t nothing people all around me are dying it’s scaring cause I don’t wannna die I see all these deseiase going by 

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One day I was inside my house cooking for my children and husband and I hear the door slam open. Then I saw a bunch of soldiers barge into my home and take me away from my family leaving my children all alone. Before I knew it I was being boarded onto a ship to be sent over to the colonies as a slave. This was then shackled to many other women

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If I was a slave, I’d be getting captured to board to the ship to America to give slaves. My hands will will shiver due to the ice cold metal shackles they lock all they slaves in. The smell of hundred of people

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My parents are gone. My children are gone and my wife is on the other side of this ship. This has been a very difficult journey many have died and many are dying. I even saw a mother give birth while chained to a dead man. Our overseers are too drunk to notice anything and everyone here is just trying to breathe with a ceiling touching our noses. One by one everyone is slowly gone, people are dying right next to me, this is so terrifying. I want to go home, I want to be free and all theses people do is put shackles on me.

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I feel that the Europeans shouldn’t have treated the slaves in a harsh manner. They cramped as many people on a ship. They shaved our heads while holding us by our noses. 2-3 slaves died everyday because of the flu.

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I am terrified. I do not know any of these people. Where am I. Where am I going. Will the people that I’m going to be nice to me. It smells horrid in here. It feels like it’s 120degrees in here. Why are they doing this stuff to me. What did I ever do to them. How can someone be so rude. What am I going to eat and when. I don’t feel so good. I am laying on wood and it is very uncomfortable. Why am I chained to another person. Everybody is scared and does not know what to do. Everybody looks sick.

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I feel terrified because I don’t now what happening and it smell horrible people are dying and sick

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I am so scared
I am laying next to dead people, I can feel myself getting sick. But I don’t want to die on this ship. Why am I being treated like this? I have rights I am a human. I tried to kill the slavers but they almost killed me and my goal is to stay alive. If you were on this ship you would be terrified for your life. Hopefully once we get to the other side we won’t be treated as bad.

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I am terrified because I’m stuck on a ship with so many other people. I’m cramped with so many people I don’t know. I’m hungry, but I only taste bread, and nothing else. I was taken from my home, and swept away from the food and smells of Africa. Now I’m stuck, on a sweaty ship, with what looks like over 100 people! Me and my friend got captured together, we were mates, but one day, the captain said he was useless, and got thrown overboard. Every night I hear screams, and it’s scary. I’m scared to see what happens next in my life and I miss my old family.

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I feel