Regardless of whether they used a tight or loose pack method, conditions for captive Africans on board the ships were terrible. Sickness on board a slave ship would often spread to the crew as ...

One was the Society's emblem. The other was this plan of the Liverpool slave ship, the Brookes. Below the plan was a detailed description of the Brookes and information about the ship's trading ...

click image for close-up Dejected, depressed, and despondent, captives aboard slave ships felt they had nothing to lose and so took any opportunity to revolt. According to Alexander Falconbridge ...