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Slave Ships & the Atlantic Crossing (Middle Passage)

Diagram of the Decks of a Slave Ship, 1814

French Slave Ship, Vigilante, 1823

Shackles and Padlocks Used on Slave Ships, early 19th cent.

Shackles, Manacles, and Padlocks Used in the Slave Trade, early 19th cent.

The Decks of a Slave Ship, early 19th cent.

Capture of Slave Ship by British Navy, 1824

Canoes Battling the Surf, West Africa (Senegambia?), late 19th century

Africans Thrown Overboard from a Slave Ship, Early 19th cent.

Captured Africans Liberated from a Slaving Vessel, East Africa, 1884

Chains and Other Instruments Used by Slave Traders, 19th cent.

Revolt Aboard Slave Ship, late 18th cent.

Africans Escaped from Slave Ship, 19th cent.

Africans Liberated from a Captured Slave Ship, 1846

Fishing Cannoes of Mina 5 or 600 at a Time; Negro's Cannoes, Carrying Slaves on Board of Ships at Manfroe

Deck of Slave Ship, Jamaica, 19th cent.

Revolt Aboard Slave Ship, 19th cent.

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