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The slaves were packed together in a ship which all of the slaves will be packed to the lower deck while the sailors and the captains will be at the top resting and celebrating. Also slaves would come up and do some exercises so their muscles will stay strong.

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For the women, already having been preyed upon during the voyage, the fear must have run much deeper. “The women, in particular, clang to each other in agonies fiercely to be conceived, shrieking through excess of terror, at the savage manner in which their brutal purchasers rushed upon and seized them” .

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The slaves were treated very harshly while they were in the ships as well as there were around 300-400 slaves in a ship most of the time so they had to uncomfortably lay on each other which was very unhygienic.

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the were use of force to handcuffed on their hands and slave sticks to prevent them from escaping and escort them to the slave ship.

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Due to the long distance, also known as the death march that the slaves have to walk, about half of all slaves died during the walking process. They were also treated like an object and property to be bought and sold rather than an actual human being. Some slaves also died from diseases due to the unhygienic environment and some also died due to the intense labor workload. They also received harsh punishments like beating and raping.

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The healthy working Africans are being chosen to be slave and sent away from their loved ones. The event is a picture of Slavery in Boston

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They were taken on board, stripped naked and examined from head to toe by the captain or surgeon.

The men were packed together below deck and were secured by leg irons. The space was so cramped they were forced to crouch or lie down.

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More than half of the slaves died due to long distance of walking. They walked from Africa to South America. They were use of force to handcuffed on their hands and slave sticks to prevent them from escaping and escort them to the slave ship.

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Most of the slaves died by walking for so long, the British owners did not treat the slave like a normal human being so, therefore, they suffered from the all the workload they were ordered to do.

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The men were packed together below deck and were secured by leg irons. The space was so cramped they were forced to crouch or lie down. Women and children were kept in separate quarters, sometimes on deck, allowing them limited freedom of movement, but this also exposed them to violence and sexual abuse from the crew.

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Estimates have ranged from 5 million to 30 million africans have been transported, millions have died from being captured. Slaves were chained from hand to foot, there were barely any room for everyone, it was crowded and tight.

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In his 1851 publication of his journal, Dahomey and the Dahomeyans, Frederick Forbes gave an account of the slave trade in the Kingdom of Dahomey. Forbes had been sent to the kingdom as an officer of England's Royal Navy; his mission was to convince the King to suppress Dahomey's involvement with the slave trade.

Through his journal, Forbes hoped to bring to the public's attention the dreadful slave hunts then taking place. He described Dahomey's tactics in acquiring slaves: they systematically attacked neighboring states, siezing the natives and annexing the newly acquired land.

The Slave Chain is an illustration from Dahomey and the Dahomeyans.

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Slaves were transported from Western Africa to Southern America, and there were 250-600 slaves in that ship, slaves were cramped together in  the basement of the ship and do not have much space between each other (Slaves could have a space about five feet three inches high and four feet four inches wide)
Meaning they do not have any space for walking or extra activities.

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The slaves were not treated fairly, the british owners chose to ignore the fact that they need a rest after travelling in the slave ship for such a long journey (middle passage ) of 80 days.

They lived in wet and damp places and had heavy workload during the day. Slaves were beaten by the british owners, this resulted to a infection and tropical diseases, and most of them died due to the harsh environments.

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The africans slaves were sent to America on a "slave ship" with about hundreds of of them. They had to all stay in a cramped area, it was very unhygienic which caused diseases upon them like scurvy. Most of them were help captive as well by the people on that ship, by chaining them tightly to beds.
Sometimes in daytime, the slaves would be forced to do exercise, like jumping up and down. while the "exercise" is happening, some ship crew would

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Go to the following links and choose a picture to describe the condition of slave ship
https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/guides/z732pv4/revision/2
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/transatlantic-slave-trade-voyages-ships-log-details-africa-america-atlantic-ocean-deaths-disease-a8494546.html
http://www.discoveringbristol.org.uk/slavery/routes/from-africa-to-america/ship-journals/
https://www.loc.gov/classroom-materials/immigration/african/journey-in-chains/
https://www.britannica.com/topic/Middle-Passage-slave-trade
https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aia/part1/1p277.html
https://www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk/history-of-slavery/middle-passage