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In Jane Eyre, the girls at the institute suffer from cold and hunger, to the point of getting sick and dying. How realistic is that historically speaking?

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During the period of the slave trade, did the inhabitants of the African states know that they were risking slavery at the hands of white slavers? Was there some kind of knowledge about it, or were they totally taken aback?

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In Jane Eyre, the girls at the institute suffer from cold and hunger, to the point of getting sick and dying. How realistic is that historically speaking?	1706
During the period of the slave trade, did the inhabitants of the African states know that they were risking slavery at the hands of white slavers? Was there some kind of knowledge about it, or were they totally taken aback?	15