Response to Olaudah Equiano

The slaves were obviously held in bad conditions on the ships. So many people were packed onto the ships that they couldn't even breathe right. I wonder what was going through the white men's minds when they were putting the slaves on the boats. How could they think that it was okay? The white people just seem mean, even to their own kind. I can't believe that no one even cared to stop it. Not only were thy whipping the slaves, but they were whipping their own men! How do people treat other human beings that way?