According to Equiano's account below, why did many slaves die?
"The closeness of the place, and the heat of
the cimate, added to the number in the ship,
which was so crowded that each had scarcely
room to tum himself, almost suffocated us. This
produced copious pospiesons, so th hosin
soon became unfit for respiration, from a variety
of laathsome smells, and brought on a sickness
among the slaves, at which many died."
-Claudah Equiano, Aue loteresting Narrative ot
the Life of Clayciah Equiano, pr ustavus Masst
the African, 1789
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• They were beaten to death.
• They were starved to death.
• They were killed in mutiny attempts.
• They could not breath due to overcrowding
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They could not breath due to overcrowding.
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