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What was the leading cause of death of enslaved people during the Middle Passage?(1 point)
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drowning
drowning

disease
disease

violence
violence

starvation

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disease

Disease (spread in overcrowded, unsanitary ships—dysentery, smallpox, scurvy, etc.) was the leading cause of death during the Middle Passage.