Slave ship - Wikipedia
WEBSlave ships were large cargo ships specially built or converted from the 17th to the 19th century for transporting slaves. Such ships were also known as " Guineamen " because the trade involved human trafficking to and from the Guinea coast in West Africa.
List of slave ships - Wikipedia
WEBThis is a list of slave ships. These were ships used to carry enslaved people, mainly in the Atlantic slave trade between the 16th and the 19th centuries. Abby was of 98 tons (bm). Captain Murdock Murchy sailed from Liverpool on 19 September 1795. He sailed from Africa on 15 May 1796.
Slave Ships - Encyclopedia Virginia
WEBAug 8, 2024 · The slave ship was the means by which nearly 12.5 million enslaved Africans were transported from Africa to the Americas between 1500 and 1866 as part of the transatlantic slave trade.
Slave Ships - 10 Most Famous - Have Fun With History
WEBNov 18, 2022 · Slave ships transported enslaved Africans from Africa to the Americas and the Caribbean. Millions of enslaved Africans were carried to the Americas via the transatlantic slave trade, which began in the 15th century and lasted until the 19th.
Details of Brutal First Slave Voyages Discovered - HISTORY
WEBAug 31, 2018 · After Charles I of Spain signed an edict allowing slave ships to travel directly from Africa to the Americas, human cargo on transatlantic voyages spiked nearly tenfold.
Slave Voyages
WEBThis database contains information on more than 11,000 maritime voyages trafficking enslaved people within the Americas. These slave trades operated within colonial empires, across imperial boundaries, and inside the borders of …
Atlantic slave trade - Wikipedia
WEBThe Atlantic slave trade or transatlantic slave trade involved the transportation by slave traders of enslaved African people to the Americas. European slave ships regularly used the triangular trade route and its Middle Passage.
Slave Ships - Encyclopedia.com
WEBMay 23, 2018 · Slave Ship is a one-act play that takes place during distinct historical experiences in African-American history: aboard a slave ship during the Middle Passage from Africa to America, during a plantation-era uprising, and …
Searching for a Slave Ship - National Geographic Society
WEBA slave ship is a sailing vessel that carries people from one geographic location to another for the express purpose of delivering them to be used for forced labor. Human beings joined other cargo aboard these ships—sugar, spices, animal hides, raw materials to …
Slave Trade Routes - Slavery and Remembrance
WEBCountless local and regional slave trades in Europe, Africa, and the Americas combined to create the transatlantic slave trade an ever-evolving system of people, ships, and goods that deported at least 12.5 million Africans toward destinations in Europe and the Americas over a period of 366 years.