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Slave Ship Article Contributions:

The passengers aboard this ship commonly passed away from diseases such as yellow and bilious fevers, colic, smallpox, epilepsy, scurvy, dropsy, yaws, malaria, apoplexy, pneumonia, flux, consumption, and other diseases. Throughout the journey on the boat, contagious diseases posed a huge threat. The standards of living of the passengers on the boat left them with psychological stress from the bondage, hunger, and deficient diets. These psychological damages lowered the ships' passengers' immunities. These lowered immune systems resulted in even more passengers getting sick.

One company who was responsible for dispatching 118 slaving voyages was Middelburgsche Commercie Compagnie (MCC). These voyages took place between the 1730s and 1790s. Records only exist for about 70 percent of these voyages. This company sent voyages to West Africa and West-Central Africa, like Guinea and Loango Coast. Out of the voyages sent to West Africa, all but one delivered slaves to America. Aboard these ships, there are also records for 29 surgeons. Only one of these surgeons made more than two voyages. The typical MCC voyage to Guinea, or West Africa, purchased 253 slaves, lost 33 during the voyage, and sold 220 slaves when the boat reached the Americas. The loss averaged 13 percent.