By the 1800s, it took ______, six months/ five to eight weeks/ one year for ships to sail across the Atlantic Ocean. This increased speed reduced Middle Passage death rates. Sanitary conditions also improved as slave traders took_______ Better care of captured Africans/ took time out to treat sick slaves/ some slaves as part of their crew . This change was not done out of care for enslaved Africans but from a desire to get a better price for them when they were sold. Select one for EACH of the blank spaces. Please and Thankyou.