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The journey of enslaved Africans before they departed on ships for the New World was cruel. These Africans were kidnapped from their families in West Africa, causing so much pain and sadness to their families. These people were treated as property, and some times worse than animals, creating great suffering and trauma. Things did not change when they were carried on board to be sent to the Americas, as part of the Transatlantic Slave Trade. They traveled in crowded spaces where disease spread so easily.