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The slaves reactions were unhappy about there new lives, half slaves were alive and the other half was dead, upset that they could not see family members.

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1. They did not want to work so they faked being sick.they pretended that they did not get what they where saying
2.some slaves even killed there self they thought there spirit would return to Africa
3. Some tried to run away but they got caught and where killed

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They would pretend that they did not understand what they were being ordered to do. Another way was they would pretend too be to sick or too hurt to work. Slaves sometimes broke tools or set buildings on fire a few slaves killed themselves. They believed that when they died they would go back to West Africa.

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1. Some slave tried to escape. Run away slaves usually hid in nearby woods or swamps and some tried to make their way to freedom.

2. Another way was to pretend to be sick or hurt to work.

3. Other slaves chose to work hard and do what they were told to avoid punishment or win their masters favor.

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1. They pretended like they didn’t understand what they were being told
2. They tried to escape so they didn’t have to work for them.
3. They pretended to be sick so they didn’t have to work.

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1.Some slaves pretended to be too sick or injured to be able to work.They were whipped still if they disobeyed there owner and did not finish there jobs they were told to do.
2.Then some slaves tried to kill them self, tried to break tools, and set buildings on fire.They did this thinking their spirits would return to Africa.
3.Some slaves tried to run away.”In 1739, a group of about 60 runaway slaves in South Carolina seized guns from a store and started a march to freedom” about half the slaves were killed and the other half were caught by owners and punished heavily.

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It was very hard for them because they had to adjust to the slave life.and if they did not understand the orders or did not obey they will be whipped. Many slaves worked in the fields for long hours.

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Slaves attempted to escape and become a runaway and they hid in woods or swamps. They also set buildings on fire and killed themselves. They also broke tools. Pretended to be hurt or sick so they didn’t have to work. They pretended that they didn’t understand what they were being told. Some choose to work hard so they could avoid punishment.

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First the slaves would have to adjust to there new life’s. Then the new owner would give the slave a new name. They would be severely punished if they did not understand what the overseer what ordering the slave to do. Most slave worked in a field working long hard hours to plant and pick crops. There was a short meal break at noon and another in the evening.  All they had for a bed was a bundle of straw.AND

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The first year they did lots of work, they tried to kill them self’s, tried to break tools, tried to set fires.

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They worked in the fields, they adjusted, they sometimes ran away and stole guns to proctect them selfs from becoming a slave again. THEY SET BUILDINGS on fire, and sometimes killed  them selfs.

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First they had to adjust to the new name there owners gave them. And then people shouted orders at them in a different language. If slaves did not understand what they were supposed to do the slave might be wiped. Most slaves worked in the fields and working long hours to plant and pick crops.theres a short meal break at noon and  another one in the evening.

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The first year on a plantation was very hard. The slaves had to survive a period of “breaking in”, or adjusting to his or her new life. An overseer would shout out something to do in a different language, if the slaves didn’t understand they would probably get whipped. They spent long hours harvesting crops.

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The slaves first year in America they had to get used to there new home.Most slaves tried to act sick or injured so they wouldn’t have to do work for there overseers.There overseers would yell and punish them if they did not understand or do the work they were told to do.Some slaves did what they were told and hoped they and hoped they would become house servants, which would mean they would get better clothes and leftovers from the masters table.

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One way slaves were sold was called a scramble which they would take the slaves barn like structure when they opened the gate for the buyers then they would scramble in and pick the slave they wanted. The other way that slaves could be sold was if they were sold at a auction. Buyers would bid for the slave whoever bids the highest would get that slave. They would be crammed into small boxes. They also would try to runny away. They had to have NO shirt ( for they boys) to show how strong they were

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They were separated from their families. They had to adjust to their new life, they got new names, and they got orders in an unfamiliar language. They lived in huts with many other families and they had a bundle of straw for a bed and a rag for a blanket.

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They had to adjust  to their new life,got a new name, and they got whipped if they didn’t understand what they were supposed to do  or they disobeyed the oversteer. The first year when they worked on the plantations it was very hard for them, they had to adjust. The slaves had to survive the long life of being a slave, they would  say something in a different language. They worked for long hours in the fields, they were growing, planting, picking, and weeding all day.

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One way was they had slave auctions which is when a slave Is put on stage and the person that pays the highest they get the slave.the other way was slaves would be crammed in small boxes and when the gate was open buyers scrambled in and grabbed the slaves they wanted.

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1.They were sold by being put on a auction block and owners of land could bid on them and whoever bid the highest amount got that slave.They often had there shirts off to show how strong or weak that slaves was.
2.Another way slaves were sold was by being sold at scrambles.They were put in pens or barns and then land owners would come in and grab the slaves they wanted.

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1. Europeans  would bid against each other for slaves.
2. They would open gates to the barn like structures and scramble for the slaves.

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1. One way is they were sold in a auction and they were sold to the highest bidders

2. Sometimes traders soled slaves at scrambles or public sales the price was the same for each slave. The slaves were herded into a pen or a barn like structure. When the gate was opened buyers rushed in and scrambled around grabbing the slaves they wanted.

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The slaves were sold in retail stores and sold at auctions.they would feel scared and sad because they would sperated from there family’s.

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It was a nightmare, some slaves tried to kill themself, very little amounts of exercise. It was very harsh

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They were sold at slave auctions and scrambles/public sales. At the scrambles the slaves were all the same amount of mula.

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The men were chained up.The men through people over board. The men refused to eat.

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1.Some slaves during the middle passage tried to kill them selves.They killed by jumping of the ship but the captain would attempt to stop them because they would loose money if they died.
2.Other slaves tried to fight the captains crew with weapons they found or made.Most slaves did not win and would be whipped or punished in other ways.
3.They would just go along with it and some thought they would be eaten and were relieved when they found out they were going to America to work as slaves.

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1.the slaves did not know what would happen to them on the voyage.
2.they had a terrible journey and where torcherd
3.many slaves died on the way or after reaching Africa’s west coast

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Some slaves rebelled by attacking their crew with weapons they would either find or make. Once in a while slaves did win but most slave revolts failed. Some slaves tried to kill themselves by refusing to eat or jump over board. This was not good because when slaves killed themselves it meant losing money so the captain needed the slaves alive they used brutal methods to make the slaves eat. Some slaves tried to keep their strength to survive the journey.

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1. If a slave became ill the crew might throw him or her overboard, so the other slaves didn’t get the illness.
2. Some slaves tried to kill them self’s so they wouldn’t have to jump overboard.
3. Slaves who were caught were often whipped.

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One of the ways that they responded is that they tried too kill themselves by jumping overboard, they refused to eat, and some slaves were rebelled and tried to attack the crew with weapons they made. Some slaves tried to survive

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1. Some slaves tried to kill them self by jumping of the boat or refusing to eat.

2. Some slaves rebelled by attacking their crew with crude weapons they found or made.

3. Some slaves tried to maintain enough of their strength to survive the journey but many became too sick  to resist the captors. If an enslaved African became ill the crew might throw them overboard to avoid the other slaves to get the illness.