Read the quotation from the writings of Olaudah Equiano, an African who experienced the Middle Passage. “The closeness of the place, and the heat of the climate, added to the number in the ship, which was so crowded that each had scarcely room to turn himself, almost suffocated us.”

A conclusion that can be drawn about slave ships from this description is that passengers

it repeats in the format of each sentence "the gods [blank]"

i also see that they are way better humans.

the catholic church withhold people's access to the bible during the middle ages.

people could go to church and listen to the teachings, but it was absolutely forbidden to own and/or read the books of both the old and new testaments. it was also prohibited to translate the books (which where originally in biblical hebrew) to any other language.

this was done so the church could remain in control of what their teachings were and to enhance their importance and power, while also being able to judge people's actions through information that was unavailable for the general public.