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 ...

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 ...

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 ...