The prisoners were abducted from their homes or surrounding areas and used in the triangle trades as slaves. The conditions were horrendous. They were bound with ropes and chains and forced to walk long distances, sometimes thousands of miles, to the slave ships. Often they had to carry heavy items as they walked. Men often had thick iron bands around their throats. Some died on the walk to the ships, some escaped only to be caught and punished with extreme brutality. The survivers of the march were trapped in pens or warehouses for an undeterminable amount of time, until the European traders came and they were purchased. Than, they were placed in the bottom of slave ships in chains. Hundreds of men, women, and kids were confined in the