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Slave Ship
Drawing by Anna Fen 2008
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Brookes Diagram
An Abstract of the Evidence Delivered Before a Select Committee of the House of Commons in the Years 1790, and 1791; on the part of the Petitioners for the Abolition of the Slave-Trade. Printed by James Phillips, George Yard, Lombard St, London (1791).
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Brookes Diagram
An Abstract of the Evidence Delivered Before a Select Committee of the House of Commons in the Years 1790, and 1791; on the part of the Petitioners for the Abolition of the Slave-Trade. Printed by James Phillips, George Yard, Lombard St, London (1791). This diagram became one of the most influentia...
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Brookes - close up
Close up of part of the diagram
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Picture entitled: In...
There is a 19th century lithograph engraved by A. Hoffay from an original by I.W.H. Handley entitled "Inside of a slave ship, starboard side." Little is known about this lithograph. It provides a very unrealistic representation, typical of much of the art of the era. With kind permissi...
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The Slave Ships
Slaves boarding the ship. One description of this is found in the writing of Olaudah Equiano: 'I was put down under decks, and there I received such a saturation in my nostrils as I had never experienced in my life: so that with the loathsomeness of the stench and crying together, I became so sick a...
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The Slave Ships
Thomas Clarkson said - "The misery which the slaves ensure in consequence of too close storage is not easy to describe. I have heard them frequently complaining of heat and have seen then fainting almost dying for want of water". Food was provided twice a day typically 3lbs 10 oz of yam...
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Depiction of Captain...
On board the ship the captain and crew were accountable to no-one and were often very cruel even to each other. One particularly sadistic captain was brought to court for suspending, whipping and torturing a young female slave causing her death.
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Restraining tools
Restraining tools and other items used to keep order on the ships.
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Illegal Traders
After the passing of the 1807 act, illegal traders still engaged in the trade would sometimes try to reduce fines by throwing the enslaved people overboard, if approached by the Royal Navy.
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