African Slavery - The Death Rate of the Slave

Over the course of the 17 hundreds, roughly 675 thousand slaves were imported into sant domain. The mortality rate of a new slave was roughly 50 % after three to five years. This was due to overwork, disease, malnutrition and severe punishments. With such an incredibly high mortality rate, the economic calculation among the slave owners was to work slaves as long and as hard as they could before they died - then just purchase replacements.