SHIPS CAPTAINS MURDERED AFRICANS IN CARGO, MANY AFRICANS JUMPED OVERBOARD TO THEIR DEATHS. MANY AFRICANS ROSE UP AND MUTINIED ON BOARD TO TRY TO TAKE OVER THE SHIP.

SOMETIMES SLAVE REBELLIONS WERE SUCCESSFUL AT SEA DESPITE OVERWHELMING ODDS. MANY AFRICANS FEARED THEY WOULD BE EATEN BY THE EUROPEANS. TRADERS EXPLOITED THIS FEAR BY THREATENING TO EAT THE AFRICANS IF THEY DID NOT OBEY. THESE WERE CULTIVATED FEARS OF THE AFRICANS.