5 ships that transported enslaved Africans across the Atlantic to the Americas

Farida Dawkins September 05, 2018

5 ships that transported enslaved Africans across the Atlantic to the Americas

Diagram of the Brookes slave ship…National Maritime Museum

Brookes

You may not be familiar with the name, but the images of the slave ship Brookes have certainly been well publicized.

The Brookes was a British slave ship that was documented as carrying up to 609 slaves on one voyage although it was only designed to carry 454.

Although not an accurate depiction of an actual slave ship, the image is forever etched in the minds of many affected by the slave trade.

Last Edited by:Francis Akhalbey Updated: September 5, 2018

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