how was it like on the middle passage for slaves??

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It was hell!

They were crowded together with little food and water. Disease was rampant.
being a slave is always bad.. a lot died.. weren't fed right,.... slaves always were mistreated and underprivileged... tight quarters.. sickness..
http://www.google.com/search?sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8&q=slave+ships
Amazing (and awful) accounts in here.

http://www.google.com/images?q=slave+ships&hl=en&prmd=ivnsb&source=lnms&tbs=isch:1&ei=OpRUTc7BLcO78gbuxfX-Bg&sa=X&oi=mode_link&ct=mode&cd=2&ved=0CBQQ_AUoAQ&biw=1024&bih=481
And here.