"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. this produced copious perspirations, so that the air soon became unfit for respiration, from a variety of loathsome smells, and brought on a sickness among the slaves, of which many died, thus falling victims to the improvident avarice, as i may call it, of their purchasers". - from the interesting narrative of the life of olaudah equiano, or, gustavus vassa, the african. olaudah equiano. based on the information in the excerpt, olaudah equiano is clearly expressing the experiences of enslaved africans during a process called