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Default Autumn in Paris

That proves not that a slave trading ship was a breath of fresh air.
Being shackeled in one spot and living for a month or so in your own
filth, is far from a stroll abound the deck.



basskisser wrote:
wrote:
basskisser wrote:
Please read my statement again.
But, again, let's educate you a tad. You DO realize that after being in
horrendous dungeons for up to a year, that the slaves were, sometimes,
treated better aboard ship and afterward, don't you?


Cite?


Sure thing!

http://www.unesco.no/fredensborg/the_slaves_on_board/

Which states in part:

The slaves, who made up the live cargo, were burdened by grief and
desperation. Many had probably been sold several times before ending up
in the fort's dungeons or barracoons,