Olaudah Equiano on the Middle Passage

Based on what Olaudah Equiano mentioned in this passage, the crew of slave ships spared all expences to make the maximum profits from their business of transporting human cargoes. Examples of this, is shown in Equiano's description when he explains how the slaves were kept under the deck in such poor conditions that there was a unforgettable, repulsive stench present, there. In addition to this, they had constantly beat and oppressed any African prisoner who had thought of escaping or dying. In the last paragraph of the passage, Equiano also mentions how when a few of the African prisoners managed to jump into the ocean, the crew went through extreme measures to recapture the lost slaves. So it can be seen, just how conservative, and careful the crews of slave ships were, in order to make the most profit out of transporting human cargo.