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The Middle Passage: Hell on the Slave Deck
Lucas and Luna dive into the most notorious leg of the transatlantic slave trade: the Middle Passage. They trace the journey from African coast to Caribbean plantation, describing the horrific conditions below deck—the 'loose pack' and 'tight pack' methods, the stench, the disease, and the constant threat of rebellion. They focus on the slave ship Brookes, whose 1788 diagram became an icon of abolitionist propaganda, and the 1781 Zong massacre, where 132 enslaved people were thrown overboard for insurance money. Lucas explains the brutal calculus of slave ship captains…
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