Because a high percentage of the slaves died during the passage.
The Slave Trade
There wasn't toilets on the ships.
They were called the Roman Galleys.
the slave ships were wooden and they smellt horrible and the ships are really dirty.
There were at least 130 sea men on slave ships.
Because the meaning of tumbeiros is coffins.
Slaves were manacled and packed tightly into the holds of the slave ships.
slaves
large ships
Wood.
Slave ships during the transatlantic slave trade typically flew the flag of the country that owned the ship, such as Portugal, Spain, England, or the Netherlands.
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