The first and second opium wars determined China’s relations with Britain
Answer:
Seasickness, heat, lack of sanitation, and a constant threat of disease.
Explanation:
Seasickness was common and the heat was oppressive. The lack of sanitation and suffocating conditions meant there was a constant threat of disease. Epidemics of fever, dysentery (the 'flux') and smallpox were frequent. Captives endured these conditions for about two months, sometimes longer.
The economic base in the North and South varied substantially. The South was primarily agricultural and relied primarily on the labor of the enslaved as the driving engine of the economy. In the North, non-slave, free labor created an industrial base founded on industry, factories and maritime culture.
