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Before boarding slave ships, captives were typically kept in holding facilities known as "slave castles" or "slave forts," located along the African coast. These locations, such as Elmina Castle in Ghana, served as temporary prisons where enslaved individuals were held in harsh conditions. Many captives endured physical and psychological abuse while awaiting transport, often for weeks or months, until they were loaded onto ships for the Middle Passage. These sites were characterized by overcrowding, inadequate food, and lack of sanitation.
What else can I help you with?
Why did slave ships captains try to keep the captives alive?
They were only paid for the ones who survived the voyage.
How were captives treated upon the slave ships?
Badly. It is quite sad really. They were held captive, and they were treated cruelly.
Did a few africans die on the slave ships before they reached America?
Thousands
Was there black native American Indian before the slave ships arrive in America?
No were were not.
what types of names were slaves given?
slavete for girl slaves and slave for boys
What effect did the slave codes have on the lives of the African captives?
trying to figure it out.
What did slave ships look like?
the slave ships were wooden and they smellt horrible and the ships are really dirty.
What did they do with the slaves from the slave ships when they lsnded and how did they sell the slaves?
When slaves were brought ashore from slave ships, they were usually inspected, cleaned, and separated before being sold at auctions. The slaves were then auctioned off to the highest bidder, typically plantation owners or slave traders, who would then use them for labor in fields, mines, or households.
What was entertainment on slave ships for the crew?
In the days of slave ships the conditions for the crew were not much better than those for the captives. There was little time for 'entertainment' - you worked, and you slept, and then you worked again.... leisure time was a thing yet to be invented. Some of the crew might have a squeezebox or tin whistle and play music, but these had to be small as there was little or no spare space on board for such things.
How many seamen where on slave ships?
There were at least 130 sea men on slave ships.
What did the Spartans call their captives?
Not exactly sure... After they are captured though, they are called Helots (slave)
How did Europeans acquire African captives for the slave trade?
They usually bought them from other Africans.
