Which of the following INCORRECTLY describes the fate of the eleven or twelve million Africans forcefully moved to the New World?
a. Some 13 to 30 percent died during the trans-Atlantic passage.
b. About 600,000 of these were sent to British North America; by 1830, though, North American slaves accounted for a third of all slaves in the New World.
c. Upon arrival, they were auctioned off naked and greased to improve their appearance.
d. In Brazil and the West Indies, slaves were worked to death and then replaced.
e. Generally, slaves worked eleven-hour days seven days a week.
e
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