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HISTORY HAS SHOWN US THAT SLAVERY WAS VERY BAD. BLACKS WERE CAPTURED AND SOLD FROM WHAT IS KNOWN AS THE GOLD COAST 9OF AFRICA. SO MANY MEN AND WOMEN DID NOT SURVIVE THE "MIDDLE PASSAGE" AND THOSE WHO DID SURVIVE LIVED FOR MONTHS AMONG THE MOST HORRIBLE CONDITIONS. WOMEN WERE RAPED AND DEGRADED BY THE SHIP'S CREW. ALL OF THESE HUMANS SUFFERED GREATLY. FIRST OF ALL THEY WERE TAKEN FROM THE FAMILIES, HOME. AND LIFESTYLE THEY HAD ALWAYS KNOWN AND WOULD NEVER EVEN SEE AGAIN.