Question

Which of the following as the leading cause of the high death rate of enslaved africans during the middle passage?

Answer 1

The correct answer is A) many enslaved people died from dysentery, smallpox, and other diseases.

The leading cause of the high death rate of enslaved Africans during the middle passage was that many enslaved people died from dysentery, smallpox, and other diseases.

The middle passage was the cruel and inhuman way that African slaves were transported from the African continent to the American continent. The slaves traveled in the worst and unhealthy conditions, packed below the deck of the ship. The slaves were shackled together in pairs. And that is how they spend long days and hours crowed and getting sick. So many enslaved people indeed died from dysentery, smallpox, and other diseases.

Answer 2

It's A. many enslaved people died form dysentery, smallpox, and other disease, just took the test.