USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Each person occupied a tiny space in the hold. In this case they had to lie in spaces just 10 inches high and were often chained or shackled together in pairs, making movement even more difficult. The cramped conditions meant that there were high incidences of diseases such as smallpox, measles, scurvy and dysentery.

Detailed explanation-2: -The median slaving vessel measured 86 feet long and 24 feet wide, with a between-deck height of 5 feet, 2 inches. The Brooks, by contrast, had a deck height of 5 feet, 6 inches, and measured 99 feet, 8 inches, in length, by 26 feet, 7 inches, in width.

Detailed explanation-3: -Under the terms of the act, ships could transport 1.67 slaves per ton up to a maximum of 207 tons burthen, after which only one slave per ton could be carried. The well-known slave ship Brookes was limited to carrying 454 people; it had previously transported as many as 609 enslaved.

Detailed explanation-4: -The voyage across the Atlantic, known as the Middle Passage, generally took 6 to 8 weeks. Once in the Americas those Africans who had survived the journey were offloaded for sale and put to work as enslaved labour.