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The "Slavers" would take buckets of water and splash it over the slaves.

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How did the British transport the slaves to Great Britain?

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How were slaves washed when on slave ships?

They where not washed. They had to spend weeks on end sitting in there own waste and other peoples. In the triangular trade , on the ships they had huge tubs in which people could just reach to go to the toilet bit this was in a small a small amount of ships because this means the slaves had some space to move. But the tubs where disgusting and small children often fell in to them. You might find some information about this in Orlando Equiano's auto biography (he was a surviving slave). But in the end slaves on ships usually caught dreadful diseases and some died.


How many slaves were on the ships?

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Did slaves walk around on the slave ships?

Slaves were manacled and packed tightly into the holds of the slave ships.


Did Columbus use slaves to pay his ships crew?

No. No slaves were involved.


What are specific hardships the African slaves had?

none the slaves did not own ships


What were the slave ships transporting?

slaves


Did the Nina and pinta ships have slaves on them?

no


How were African slaves treated on the slaver ships?

African slaves were treated very poorly on the slaver ships. They needed to keep the slaves alive--but otherwise, slaves were just like any other cargo.


How did slaves revolt?

they took over ships


How were slaves transported From Africa to the US?

Ships


What did ships transport in the middle passage?

slaves