The Middle Passage Persuasive Essay Example

The slave ships were used to bring slave into either the New World or the West Indies through the Middle Passage, a trade route between three countries Europe, Africa, and The New World. The slave ships carried over six to seven hundred slave which made it really hard to move around. The condition aboard the slave ships were horrible and intolerable.
The conditions aboard the slave ships were intolerable, “the men were shackled two by two, the right wrist and ankle of one to the left wrist and ankle of another”, the women were allowed to roam around the vessel and, they were portioned separate from the men. All the slaves were forced to sleep naked on the wooden floors which were constructed from unplanned boards, so when it got stormy during the pas