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The horrific conditions of the “Middle Passage,” from overcrowding, disease, and starvation to abuse and torture by the crews of slave ships, are estimated to have killed as many as 20% of the enslaved people who made the journey.  What do you think motivated European slave traders to conduct the slave trade with this kind of cruelty and disregard for the lives of the enslaved people on their ships

The horrific conditions of the “Middle Passage,” from overcrowding, disease, and starvation to abuse and torture by the crews of slave ships, are estimated to have killed as many as 20% of the enslaved people who made the journey.  What do you think motivated European slave traders to conduct the slave trade with this kind of cruelty and disregard for the lives of the enslaved people on their ships

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The horrific conditions of the “Middle Passage,” from overcrowding, disease, and starvation to abuse and torture by the crews of slave ships, are estimated to have killed as many as 20% of the enslaved people who made the journey.  What do you think motivated European slave traders to conduct the slave trade with this kind of cruelty and disregard for the lives of the enslaved people on their ships?

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