Slave Ships & Dhow

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Slave Ships & Dhow

"Despite the chains, shackles, and other repressive equipment of imprisonment carried by the captain and crew on all slave ships, Africans found ways of resisting. The weeks or months spent on the African coast, waiting as the ship filled with slaves, was a dangerous period for the crew." [slaveryandremembrance.org] Read More

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He applied the lash not only to make them eat but to make them sing

Barre de justice, colliers et cadenas pour enchainer les esclaves

The Africans of the slave bark "Wildfire"

A represents the iron hand-cuffs, which fasten the slaves together

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