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by Tuna-Fish 3999 days ago
Also, so many of the ships landed in the Caribbean because the death rate of the slaves on many of the Caribbean plantations were high enough that the populations could not replace losses through natural growth, requiring constant new shipments.

Sadly, the plantations were profitable enough that constantly bringing in new slaves to die in hellish conditions was just a cost of doing business.