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The convicts were not permitted much exercise time on the First Fleet. At most, when the weather was fine and the seas calm, the convicts were permitted to go above decks for up to an hour a day. However, most days, the ocean conditions were no safe enough for convicts to emerge from below decks.
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∙ 12y agoLittle if records re to be believed. Most were chained together in the hold with barely enough space to sit down. Some were taken on deck to be sea water thrown over them to clean them as they arrived in port. Most sat in the own human waste for most of the journey. - Food was minimal
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How many slaves where on one slave ship?
200 slaves were on a average ship
How much room did a slave typically have?
Slaves were treated as mere cargo and were crammed into ship holds with very little room to more. The more slaves, the more money the ship owners made. Many slaves died on voyage.
What was the name of the french ship that brought slaves to mobile?
The name of french ship that brought slaves to Mobile was called The Africane ship
The biggest ship to transport slaves?
evergreen ship
How Manu slaves would be on a slave ship?
200-300 slaves were kepl on the ship hope this was helpful Xx :-P
What was the name of the ship the slaves were on?
No single ship transported slaves. Slavery has been with us for millennia, it is still with us today.
Did African slaves get meat on the ship?
no
Were slaves on Columbus ship?
ye there were
How did Slaves come to American?
By ship
What is slavery ship?
Slaves were transported from Africa to North America by ship.
Were slaves on a slave ship nude?
Yes. Slaves were branded and their clothing was removed, either shortly before they boarded the ship or as soon as they were on the ship. Some slaves, usually children who were allowed to be on deck, were sometimes given the crew's old clothes.
How people exercise on the middle passage?
They didn’t. Sailors had a ship to sail which was hard work with big ropes and sails. The slaves were in chains below and not allowed on deck. When one of them died they threw them overboard.
