dejection and despair of the circumstances caused many people to cry and groan horror, often preferring death rather than life. This would lead to many slaves trying to jump overboard and commit suicide, however slaves were brutally punished if they tried to escape. So if you tried to commit suicide and failed you were punished considerably.
             Once arriving in the New World slaves such as Kunta Kinta were auctioned off to work on different plantations. During this time the population began to constantly increase due to new opportunities in the New World, therefore the demand of slaves began to increase as well. Thus, owners
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