In “Captain Canot, or Twenty Years of an African Slaver,” how does the author develop the central idea that transporting enslaved captives was a trade just like any other? Responses by describing how captives were loaded on the ships by describing how captives were loaded on the ships by suggesting that captives led poor lives in Africa by suggesting that captives led poor lives in Africa by analyzing the day-to-day activities aboard a slave ship by analyzing the day-to-day activities aboard a slave ship by explaining how a captive’s condition was assessed by explaining how a captive’s condition was assessed