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Aurore (slave ship), along with Duc du Maine, the first French slave ships that brought the first slaves to Louisiana. Slave revolt on La Amistad in 1839. La Amistad, general-purpose cargo ship that also carried slaves on occasion.
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
Pages in category "American slave ships" The following 17 pages are in this category, out of 17 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. C. Clotilda (slave ship)
The Sally (1764), or sometimes The Sally, was an 18th century Rhode Island brigantine slave ship launched from Providence and destined for the western-most coast of Africa. [1] Like many voyages from the state at this time, the ship was charted by Nicholas Brown and Company, a merchant firm founded by the prominent Brown family (of brothers ...
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).
On November 25, 2008 a dedication of the memorial was held, attended by 500 participants, including descendants of slaves carried by Wanderer, and Erik Calonius, author of The Wanderer: The Last American Slave Ship and the Conspiracy that Set Its Sails (2008). He is credited with reviving interest in the story of Wanderer. [43]
The schooner Clotilda (often misspelled Clotilde) was the last known U.S. slave ship to bring captives from Africa to the United States, arriving at Mobile Bay, in autumn 1859 [1] or on July 9, 1860, [2] [3] with 110 African men, women, and children. [4]
Lady Penrhyn was a slave ship built on the River Thames in 1786. Lady Penrhyn was designed as a two-deck ship for use in the Atlantic slave trade, with a capacity of 275 slaves. [7] She was part-owned by William Compton Sever, who served as ship's master on her voyage to Australia, [3] and by London alderman and sea-biscuit manufacturer William ...