The journey from Africa to America was called "The Middle Passage." It was the middle leg of the triangular slave trade which began and ended in Europe.

It was horrorable - the word is horrible : There were three or four hundred Africans in a lower deck. The cargo hold was tiny -> you couldn't even stand up in it. So the air got hot and stale very fast. Additionally you smelled unwashed bodies and the stench got dangerous.
The captain and crew struggled to keep their valuable cargo alive. They forced the Africans to dance on deck for exercise.
A lot of the slaves died. Up to 25 percent of a slave ship's Africans died during the voyage.

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