HISTORY
NEW GLOBAL CONNECTIONS
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Question
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Slaves were branded and separated from their families.
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Slaves died of diseases and mistreatment.
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Many ships were sunk by pirates and privateers.
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The captains of slave ships committed genocide.
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Detailed explanation-1: -Disease and starvation due to the length of the passage were the main contributors to the death toll with amoebic dysentery and scurvy causing the majority of deaths. Additionally, outbreaks of smallpox, syphilis, measles, and other diseases spread rapidly in the close-quarter compartments.
Detailed explanation-2: -Why did so many enslaved Africans die during the Middle Passage? They were treated cruelly, chained and crammed tightly into ships. many died from disease and mistreatment. How did the slave trade damage some African states, but help others?
Detailed explanation-3: -Sixty-four percent of all deaths recorded occurred in the slave population. Sixty-two percent of the slave deaths occurred in the male population. Leading causes of death were helminthiasis, whooping cough, fever, cholera, and pneumonia.
Detailed explanation-4: -Slaves were punished for not working fast enough, for being late getting to the fields, for defying authority, for running away, and for a number of other reasons. The punishments took many forms, including whippings, torture, mutilation, imprisonment, and being sold away from the plantation.