What Is True of the Average Death Rate of the Middle

question 23

Multiple Choice

What is true of the average death rate of the Middle Passage?

• A) More than 30 percent of Africans died.
• B) Fewer than 5 percent of Europeans died.
• C) Over 90 percent of Africans survived the journey.
• D) Europeans died at greater rates than Africans.
• E) None of these.

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