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Brooks (or Brook, Brookes) was a British slave ship launched at Liverpool in 1781. She became infamous after prints of her were published in 1788. Between 1782 and 1804, she made 11 voyages from Liverpool in the triangular slave trade in enslaved people (for the Brooks, England, to Africa, to the Caribbean, and back to England).
A plan of the British slave ship Brookes, showing how 454 slaves were accommodated on board after the Slave Trade Act 1788. This same ship had reportedly carried as many as 609 slaves and was 267 tons burden, making 2.3 slaves per ton. [1] Published by the Society for Effecting the Abolition of the Slave Trade
Description of the Brookes, a British slave ship, 1787. The duration of the transatlantic voyage varied widely, [2] from one to six months depending on weather conditions. The journey became more efficient over the centuries: while an average transatlantic journey of the early 16th century lasted several months, by the 19th century the crossing ...
It was the first anti-slavery society for women, and sometimes referred to as the Ladies' Anti-Slavery Society. Lucy Townsend and Mary Lloyd were the first joint secretaries, while other founding members included Elizabeth Heyrick , Sophia Sturge and Sarah Wedgwood .
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An abolitionist movement grew in Britain during the 18th and 19th century, until the Slave Trade Act 1807 pretended to abolish the slave trade in the British Empire, but it was not until 1937 that the trade of slaves was made illegal throughout the British Empire, with Nigeria and Bahrain being the last British territories to abolish slavery.
An Act to prohibit the Employment of Women and Girls in Mines and Collieries, to regulate the Employment of Boys, and to make other Provisions relating to Persons working therein. Citation: 5 & 6 Vict. c. 97: Territorial extent 9 United Kingdom: Dates; Royal assent: June 1843: Other legislation; Repealed by
The first known edition of what would later become known as a "story paper" was The Young Gentleman's Magazine, published in 1777.The first story paper to really take off was The Boys' and Girls' Penny Magazine, first published in September 1832.