... smallpox would be thrown overboard and left to drown. Also in order to terrify other slaves on board, some commanders would cut off legs and arms of a slave. Slaves had to tolerate many injustices like rape, brutalization, fear, hopelessness as well as diseases. Once they reached their final destinations a new suffering and humiliations started. They were working as much as 18 hours a day and many times worked themselves to death. It was very cheap to get a new slave and nobody cared if one died. On the plantations they were sorted to match each other in size and strength. Every 10-15 slaves had a "driver" walking behind them holding in his hand a whip. The slaves were working naked, what just made it easier for owners to punish them. For negligence they were also whipped, usually with hard wood switches, till they were all bloody. Sometimes they ...

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