Two of my wearied countrymen who were chained together . . . preferring death to such a life of misery . . . jumped into the sea; . . . I believe many more would very soon have done the same, if they had not been prevented by the ship’s crew . . . . However, two of the wretches were drowned, but they got the other, and afterwards flogged him unmercifully, for thus attempting to prefer death to slavery. –Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano,
Olaudah Equiano,
1789

What evidence does the author use to support his claim that conditions on slave ships were inhumane? Check all that apply.

People were chained together.
People jumped into the sea to escape.
Some people were flogged unmercifully.
People experienced crowded conditions.
Some people died from disease.