What Lay Behind The Horrors Of The Slave Trade?

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What Lay Behind The Horrors Of The Slave Trade? In order to clearly understand what lay behind the horrors of the slave trade, we firstly need to acknowledge how the slave trade worked and took place. The slave trade, was set out like a triangle which was covered by a ship, set from Britain to Africa and then to the West Indies. However, the Slave Trade started like this… In Britain, many powerful and wealthy merchants carried several types of merchandise which were manufactured in Britain, some of them to name were; Guns, Alcohol, Iron Bars. All of these items were very cheaply made, but in Africa they were considered as very expensive and so all of these goods were then to taken to the docs in; Glasgow, Liverpool or Bristol. The goods were then taken on Board the numerous ships which were to set sail to Africa. Along with them of the wealthy British Merchants also took board the ships, which then sailed them to Africa. Then, these exclusive possessions were to commerce with Black African Slaves. The British bought only the healthy and strong looking slaves, both men and women, these slaves were then marched to the market and places into chains, from there, they were marched to the coast and once again examined to see whether they were healthy enough to withstand the hard working and living conditions, also if they were usually branded high up on their shoulders or high up on their backs. These branded slaves, were then taken to Barraoon and were placed on the ships. Men were separated from women. And the ships were packed with 600 or more slaves in one to two cabins at the most. They were tightly packed in the warm, dark airless holds below the deck. They were placed there for the entire voyage over the Atlantic Ocean, which lasted for a number of weeks. Their voyage was very harsh and in bad conditions, and not surprisingly, many slaves died during this voyage.

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