Original sentence: Many Africans died during capturing or deportation to the coast, in the coastal dungeons or during the middle passage.There were also indirect effects of the slavers' actions, including broken families left behind and the spreading of European diseases
Edited sentence: But many more died in the villages fighting their enslavers; many more died in the dungeons and many died aboard the ships.Many Africans either committed suicide or were thrown over board to lighten the ship or to make insurance claims.Then there were those who died by the indirect actions of the slavers--those left to starve, and those who died of European diseases