Chapter 15 pg. 449-458

Reading the second half to this chapter I found it difficult and upsetting to continue reading. Reminders of the past about how slavery was so "normal" and almost everywhere makes me so grateful that times have changed. What really caught my attention was the illustration on page 451. How did all of the captured Africans fit below the deck of a ship? This made me wonder what would happen if someone got sick or what if someone had a disease, what would/ could they do? They are stuck at the bottom of a ship sailing across water. But by the illustration it looks like everyone is getting along and talking and just getting to know one another. Forming bonds between each other could have brought hope and faith to each individual slave in that one day things will change.