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The Beginnings of our Global Age: Europe and the Americas

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• Packed into tiny spaces on <strong>the</strong> voyage• Often chained to <strong>the</strong> ship <strong>and</strong> each o<strong>the</strong>r• Voyage could last three months• Many were sick, starved <strong>and</strong> died• Ships called “floating c<strong>of</strong>fins”• Some would Mutiny against <strong>the</strong> crew some wereliberated by pirates• Some committed suicide ra<strong>the</strong>r than be a slave

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