First off, what the Africans had to go through was very cruel. Millions of Africans were taken from Africa to make the journey on a boat to be traded. While making the trip to their new homeland, they were treated like dirt. "The vessel was only seventy-five feet long yet 350 Negros crammed on board. One hundred and eighty were stowed as to have barely sufficient height to hold them selves up." (library book) The conditions on the boat the slaves were on were very poor. It was very unclean. The floor of their rooms

After pointing out all the bad things that came of the slave trade, there are some good things to be said. It helped America by providing much wealth. With the slaves there to provide free labor to produce the things that are traded to other countries, there is only room to grow economically. Slavery is embedded in American prosperity. On the other hand, I feel that this could have happened without having had slaves do all the work. The country could have worked hard for itself rather than bringing in slaves for the easy way. What the Africans went through was horrible and unnecessary. The benefits of the slave trade and slavery for America do not outweigh the tragic consequences in Africa

Not only did they suffer on their journey across water, they suffered when they reached their new home in possession of their owner. They were forced to do hard labor, had a poor diet and clothing, and inadequate housing. Because of the conditions

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