How close the quarters where human waste everywhere people dying or already dead down in the hold.This stench came from various source including but not limited to sweat, blood,dead bodies, fecal matter,urine and other sources, and they mixed together to be a "greeting" for Equiano who had never experienced anything like that before he was taken into slavery and put into ship. He explains how he only wanted to die because of that.
The cramped quarters, the human waste everywhere, and the people dying or already dead down in the hold were the three primary factors that made the hold below deck so dreadful. This smell originated from a variety of sources, including but not limited to sweat, blood, dead corpses, feces, urine, and other sources, and it mingled together to be a "welcome" for Equiano, who had never encountered anything like it before being sold into slavery and shipped to the United States. He goes on to say that he just wanted to die because of it.
