While the lack of sanitation  caused many to die of disease, and others were thrown  overboard for being sick, or as discipline, the captain's ensured their profits  by cutting off slave's ears as proof of purchase.
Ji bo şertên tenduristî gelek mirin û nexweş ji keştiyê avêtin deryaye. Ji bo disîplîne, kaptan guhê koleyan jê dikir û ev dibû nîşan.