2JS have done lots of work about the slave trade. They still have lots of unanswered questions. Can you help?
How many slaves died in the slave trade?
why did slaves have to work?
Why did slave owners think it was ok to make slaves work for them?
How much did it cost to keep a slave?
Who were the slave owners?
Why were the slaves treated so badly?
How did the slaves get their clothes?
Might this website answer some of your questions? http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/slavery.htm Great blog!
In answer to the question, How many slave died in the slave trade?, I did a little research on goggle and found this…
slave trade resulted in a vast and as yet still unknown loss of life for African captives both in and outside of America. Approximately 8 million Africans were killed during their storage, shipment and initial landing in the New World.[33] The amount of life lost in the actual procurement of slaves remains a mystery but may equal or exceed the amount actually enslaved.[34] These figures would indicate the total number of deaths at around 16 million.
I hope that is a good enough answer.
You really have come up with some great questions. Unfortunately, I cannot answer any of them. Reading your questions made me think of one more, “What made people think it was okay to buy people?”
Good luck in your pursuit of answers, but remember that it is always a good thing to have a few really good unanswerable questions in your mind. It makes you think, wonder, reflect, connect, and refine your knowledge base until you come up with something that is plausible. And then if it still intrigues you, you think, wonder, reflect, connect, and refine some more until you come up with something better. Oh, learning is so much fun!