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What were conditions like in the slave ships during the middle passage?

April 26, 2017Arts Conditions History Humanities middle Passage ships slave

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What were conditions like in the slave ships during the middle passage?

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Conditions were terrible lots of slaves got sores and cuts from the leg and hand ‘cuffs’ and when they were put on top of the deck to dance and get their exercise they sometimes got washed with sea water which hurt due to salty water being put on their sores. There is a lot more information on this site: http://www.nmm.ac.uk/freedom/viewTheme.c… wikipedia is good too: http://en.wikipedia.