Stage 3
Location: West Indies
In the West Indies, enslaved Africans would be sold to the highest bidder at auctions. Once bought, enslaved Africans would work for nothing on plantations, they belonged to their owners and had no rights. They were punished harshly. Slaves revolted and resisted in many ways. Some slaves took their own lives, slowed down the pace by pretending to be ill, or caused fires and "accidentally" broke tools. Two-thirds of enslaved Africans taken to the Americas ended up working on sugar plantations. Money made from the sale of sugar, coffee, and tobacco were bought and carried back to Britain. The ships were loaded with produce for the voyage home.
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