“ I think you are quite incorrect that a slaves had higher mortality in Africa, even in Dahomey, than in being sent to the Americas.”
That’s the crux of it.
The magnitude of human sacrifice is something I didn’t know before. That’s why I’m saying this.
This article reinforces the centrality of human sacrifices to their day to day existence in that building material needed human blood.
“Several structures in the palace complex” were built with blood.
Not every building in the palace let alone all of Dahomey.
Not day to day construction, day to day existence.
Look up annual customs of Dahomey. Usually around 500 sacrificed, 4000 in 1727