Slave Ships & Dhow

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Slave Ships & Dhow

"The slave ship was the means by which nearly 12.5 million enslaved Africans were transported from Africa to the Americas between 1500 and 1866. Leaving from its home port in Europe, a typical ship made its first passage to the west coast of Africa, trading goods for a full cargo of slaves—people who had been captured in war, convicted of petty crimes, or simply kidnapped." [Encyclopedia Virginia] Read More

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British Man-of-War firing on slave dhow

Slave ship

Crossing the bar in the “whaler” to rescue negroes from a wrecked dhow

A vise used on slave ships to force open the mouths of slaves for feeding purposes

An Arab slave dhow

Between decks of a slave ship - feeding by Force

Attacking a slave dhow

Como transportar escravos em navios negreiros, notices of Brazil, Walsh, 1831

Section of the dhow showing the manner of stowing slaves on board

Group of negro men and boys taken out of captured dhow in a state of starvation

Section of the Dhow showing the Manner of Stowing Slaves on Board

The Slave Ship 1840

Group of Galla women liberated by H.M.S. “Daphne”

Decks of a slave ship

Group of negro women of different tribes

Group of slave-children on board the “Daphne”

Insurrection on board a slave ship

Arab slave fleet

Group of 322 liberated Africans on the deck of the “Daphne”

Bugala, or Dhow

Slave dhow flying the French flag captured April 1893

A cargo of rescued slaves

Stowage of the British slave ship Brookes under the regulated Slave Trade Act of 1788

Slave ship model

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