They would throw them overboard to keep the other slaves from getting sick.
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African slaves were treated very poorly on the slaver ships. They needed to keep the slaves alive--but otherwise, slaves were just like any other cargo.
they were thrown overboard
Unfortunately, little or nothing.
African slaves were packed tightly together below the decks of ships during the crossing to the Americas. Irish slaves endured similar conditions as well.
The African slaves that were transported to America were originally sold by other Africans to the merchant ships landing along the west coast of Africa.
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The most common was for slaves to die was either starvation or disease which they picked up on the slave ships.