I think it reaching at best to suggest slavery here was better than living free anywhere.
I’d opt for freedom living anywhere to slavery anywhere as would all of us.
As for starvation... I don’t think they were starving over there until large-scale drought or warfare came to a particular region. Most slaves, if not all, were from sub-Saharan Africa so they didn’t live in arid areas.
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Slaves were purchased from African tribes who conquered other tribes. These people were already enslaved. They were not living free on the African continent before they were shipped to the United States.
Life for American slaves was better than life for African slaves. I do not see how anyone can dispute that. Their descendants lived better lives as well.