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=== It is suspected that of 11 million slaves transported, this represented a third of the slaves from the start. so approximately 22 million slaves died on the slaves ships in the Indies and Americas alone.

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About half the slaves on a ship would die because they had lack of oxagen or they killed themself .e.g. pushed a nail through they head.

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