Question

Which of the following contributed the most to the high mortality rates among slaves making the crossing to the Americas?

Answer 1

Mortality rates were high among the slaves crossing to America because:

• The ships were crowded,
• They were unsanitary
• These led to a lot of seaboard epidemics.

As the British bought and transported slaves to the America's from West Africa, there were lots of death cases in the Ships because of the nature of the environment.

Due to the fact that diseases were prevalent because the conditions that the slaves were being transported was pitiable. Apart from diseases due to sanitary problems, a lot also lost their lives to malaria.

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