details of the negotiations between europeans and africans the merchants from the coast knew that the matthiessen a fix captain was in a hurry he had to arrive in the west indies before harvest time this was the time of year when slaves sold best and when the best sugar was available so they deliberately prolonged negotiations to drive prices up $312.00 captives were rounded up in $116.00 days. he said my feet arrived in sound amounting now haiti one year after leaving france only 9 captives had perished a good ratio for the crew who celebrated their success. in the drawings of the matisse afaik no allusion to the slaves suffering appears they were dehumanised shadows tallied and lined up like barrels at the bottom of the hole to. the transportation of human beings turned into a nightmare. it's very important to understand that violence on board slave ships would be used electively in other words no captain wanted to kill the entire allotment of people on board because that voyage wouldn't have no profit so when there was resistance what the captains would do is organize a spectacle in which a sm