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Sometimes from poor handling and malnutrion. Also a slave ship fearing capture would sometmes toss the slaves overboard to avoid prosecution for slavery: no slaves, no evidence of slavery.
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Did a few africans die on the slave ships before they reached America?
Thousands
Did people eat meat on slave ships?
The slaves - no. The crew - yes.
What did slave ships look like?
the slave ships were wooden and they smellt horrible and the ships are really dirty.
What types of people were brought onto the slave ships?
black people were the only ones who were slaves.
How many seamen where on slave ships?
There were at least 130 sea men on slave ships.
What illnesses did slaves die of aboard the slave ships?
slaves got diseases like smallpox and dysentery
Did slaves walk around on the slave ships?
Slaves were manacled and packed tightly into the holds of the slave ships.
What was the journey that the slave ships took called?
The Slave Trade
What was the most common way for African slaves to die?
The most common was for slaves to die was either starvation or disease which they picked up on the slave ships.
What is something bad that Marco Polo did?
He raped people , He killed LOTS of people and He drove the boat that had slaves on it ( the slave ships )
What were the condition like on slave ship?
The conditions on the slave ships were horrible and inhumane. The slaves did not get food or water making a lot of them die. The ships were not kept clean and the people were packed in on top of each other making the spread of disease encouraged. The people who were made to be slaves were branded, and treated worse than animals.
Why did slaves on slave ships commit suicide?
they therw there self over deck or asked people to strangle them
