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Sickness - especially amoebic dysentery, small pox, measles, and syphilis - often fatal

Malnourishment/starvation - scurvy was common

Dehydration - from inadequate water supply to the slaves

Additionally all voyages had the common risks of bad weather and piracy shared with all trans-Atlantic ships.

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