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How were slaves treated when they came to America?
The slaves were treated horribly by a lot of people but some people were not cruel to the slaves. On slave ships coming to America from Africa it was horrible. The slaves were all chained together chained together and were only fed potatoes. The slaves often died on ships. If a slave died on a ship, they would be dumped. The slaves were kept in the lower part of a ship. It lacked anything clean and was full of infection. Some of the slaves attempted to jump over bored to die.
How was Kunta Kinte captured?
He was captured by being chained by the blacks that are helping the whites capturing other blacks because they were afraid to be sold as slaves themselves.
Did slaves rebel on the slave ships?
Slaves didn't rebel on the slave ships. The slaves were chained and had to lay or sit in an odder. Slaves had to sit and lay like that for more then weeks. Some slaves didn't even make it through all of the trips. The dead slaves were more likely to be thrown of the ship to the sea. Many say that you can tell a slave ship by the sharks that follow it since everyday a dead dead slave would be thrown off the ship making the sharks have something to eat.
How many Africans where brought to America as slaves?
It is uncertain of the exact number, but it is estimated that there were 600,000 slaves brought from Africa. This made up about five percent of the total number of slaves.
Where did most of the slaves that were brought to the Americas end up?
The slaves were sold in the South states of the U.S.A to work in the cotton fields.
