Slave trade in Africa is widely known as white americans taking Africans as slaves, but though that is true, not only white men were in the operation. Many Africans were were in this also, and sort of betrayed their own people. The Africans were enslaved and taken miles to a small town called Cape Coast where they were branded, splashed with water and shoved in a cell with many other people that they did not know.
Soon after the captured people were put on a large sailboat. The boat was filled with many captured slaves. The bottom of the ship was filled with shelve like seats that the slaves were crammed inside of, and were forces to evacuate themselves right where they sat, having to lie in each others feces, urine, and blood. Very occasionally the slaves were allowed out of their seats and in small groups were able to go to the upper deck to have a light meal, be washed off, and were sent back down to where they slept.
Some women were able to stay on the upper deck where they were chained to the mast and occasionally were let off their chains. When night fell, the sailors would do unspeakable things to the women. Some men were kind enough to not do anything but give them food and water.
The slaves were on the boats many weeks sometimes months, it all depended on the speed of the wind. There were occasional storms that terrified the many people on board especially the women and children on the upper deck. Some women and children died in the storms from being washed away and drowning, or being eaten.
After the long journey on the ship, the slaves were taken to a place called Sullivan's Island, or another slave port, where the slaves were traded and sold like animals.
Soon after the captured people were put on a large sailboat. The boat was filled with many captured slaves. The bottom of the ship was filled with shelve like seats that the slaves were crammed inside of, and were forces to evacuate themselves right where they sat, having to lie in each others feces, urine, and blood. Very occasionally the slaves were allowed out of their seats and in small groups were able to go to the upper deck to have a light meal, be washed off, and were sent back down to where they slept.
Some women were able to stay on the upper deck where they were chained to the mast and occasionally were let off their chains. When night fell, the sailors would do unspeakable things to the women. Some men were kind enough to not do anything but give them food and water.
The slaves were on the boats many weeks sometimes months, it all depended on the speed of the wind. There were occasional storms that terrified the many people on board especially the women and children on the upper deck. Some women and children died in the storms from being washed away and drowning, or being eaten.
After the long journey on the ship, the slaves were taken to a place called Sullivan's Island, or another slave port, where the slaves were traded and sold like animals.