The Slave Ship

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The field of black history was really coming into its own while I was teaching back in the 60s and 70s, and I was fortunate enough to take several good courses on the subject. I remember being amazed at much the same statistics that Bill quoted as to the survival rate en passage vs. the toll that "seasoning" cost in the various islands before they finally reached the U.S. I had expected the shipboard deaths to be much higher.