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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).
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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 ...
Brookes (ship). From the British Library: "This diagram of the 'Brookes' slave ship, which transported enslaved Africans to the Caribbean, is probably the most widely copied and powerful image used by those who campaigned to end the trans-Atlantic slave trade.
The Slave Trade Act 1788 (28 Geo. 3. c. 54), also known as the Regulated Slave Trade Act 1788, Slave Trade Regulation Act 1788 or Dolben's Act, was an Act of Parliament that limited the number of enslaved people that British slave ships could transport, based on the ships' tons burthen . It was the first British legislation enacted to regulate ...
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.
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 c. 97: Territorial extent 9 United Kingdom: Dates; Royal assent: June 1843: Other legislation; Repealed by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 periodical anti-slavery publication for young readers in the United States was The Slave's Friend, [12] with 36 issues published between 1836 and 1838 by the American Anti-Slavery Society. The publication regularly featured woodblock prints [ 13 ] that included images of violence perpetrated against slaves by white slave owners, young ...