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Slaves labored over open fires in intense tropical heat and constant pressure from slave-drivers to work as quickly as possible

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Young slaves helping to harvest the sugar cane in Louisiana

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A slave is being sold in Cuba in the 1830s.

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This illustration shows slaves illegally brought to American in 1860. Notice how tightly packed the slaves are, and how skinny they are.

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British slave ship with slaves lying down and packed as tightly together as possible.

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The Dutch, French, Swedes, British and other European countries had slave "forts" in West Africa. They were heavily defended by cannon to prevent other countries from taking them over.

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Walking slaves to the slave fort on the West African coast

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Walking slaves to the slave fort on the West African coast

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Slaves were walked in groups, sometimes for hundreds of miles, to the slave forts. Their necks were bound together with wooden coffles so they could not escape.

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A Moslem slave-raiding group in central Africa.