A slave who tried to starve him or herself was tortured. If torture didn't work, the slave was force fed with the help of a contraption called a speculum orum, which held the mouth open.Despite the captain's desire to keep as many slaves as possible alive, Middle Passage mortality rates were high.
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Bronson Arroyo. Bronson Anthony Arroyo (born February 24, 1977) is an American professional baseball pitcher for the Cincinnati Reds of Major League Baseball (MLB). He previously played for the Pittsburgh Pirates between 2000 and 2002, the Boston Red Sox from 2003 to 2005, the Cincinnati Reds from 2006 to 2013, and the Arizona Diamondbacks in 2014.