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Transatlantic Slave Trade

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TRANSATLANTIC SLAVE TRADE

The middle passage was a sea journey overtaken by slave ships.

HOW LONG DID THE JOURNEY LAST

FROM AMERICAN TO AFRICAN COAST IT TOOK 2 MONTHS

Atleast 400-700 african slaves were taken on each ship.

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WHAT THEY ATE?

THEY ATE PORK AND FISH

They didn't have restrooms and had to go where they were.

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HOW WERE THEY TREATED?

PUNISHMENTS BY OWNER BY GETTING BEATEN AND TOUTURED
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WHAT WAS THEIR "EXERCISE"

MADE THEM DANCE TO STAY IN SHAPE
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In the ship Zong, they packed in way too many slaves that a bunch of diseases, death, and malnutrition.

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