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The Middle Passage was almost inconceivable. Hundreds upon hundreds of Africans were abducted from their homes to go on boats to America. They were stacked like books on shelves in order to bring enough Negros for a profitable slave trade. The life on the boats on the way to the New World was so bad that the Africans preferred death to their gruesome future. The conditions on the boats were hellish. The slaves on the …

…people. The selling of slaves was absolutely miserable. There was clamor and noise that was utterly terrifying. Families were broken up and Africans were crying. It is impossible to imagine these experiences and conditions accurately. Without being there, one cannot truly empathize with the "cargo" aboard the ships in the Middle Passage. The hellish existence of these passengers is inconceivable. Since that time there have been few incidents as horrible, brutal, and full of despair