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Looking Back On African Slaves In The 16-1700's By Brooklynn Wagoner

In the 16 and 1700's African slaves were forced to move to America, not just move but be chain together tightly packed in to ships that would sail them over to America, these conditions were horrible. Thomas Phillips, a slaves ship captain sa cut off the legs and arms of the most willful slaves, to terrify the rest, for they believe that, if they lose a member they cannot return home again

Why were they brought to America? According to spartacus.schoolnet.co slaves were sold for $25 in Africa then brought to America in boats and sold for $150 this is why slaves were bought in Africa and brought to be sold in America. The trip over was very hard most slaves many died along the way,about half the deaths were caused from stomach complains and high fevers brought on board from African slaves. Some ship captins thought If they could fit 200 people to fit in this boat instead of 100 they could get a whole lot more money even if 40 die they didn't care because they got money.

The ride over. The ride over was awful, slaves were chained together and pack in tightly. In the book thoughts upon a slave trade the author John Newton says "With our ships, the great object is, to be full, the lodging rooms, below the deck, are sometimes more than five feet tall and sometimes less, this hieght is divied torward the middle, for the slaves lie in two rows, like books upon a shelf.''Slaves had to do very hard work that they weren't doing back in Africa, were owned as property.

Impacts Slaves had to go work and be owned as property by other people they had to go live in a diffrent country without their friends or families. Many slaves never returned home families were broke apart.

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