Abolitionists had produced evidence of life aboard slave ships, but many scholars were suspicious of what they’d gathered, thinking it propaganda. Perhaps the most significant reason for lack of ...

They were two of the 110 enslaved survivors aboard the Clotilda, the last known slave ship to bring Africans to ... the strength and courage to endure life in their new world through their faith.

A description of conditions on board the slave ships and an outline of the Zong case of 29 November 1781. Poor weather conditions and inept navigation resulted in a journey that took months rather ...

As the story goes, the pirate crew aboard the Guerrero stole prisoners from two illegal slave ships traveling off the coast of Africa ... “‘what is this person’s life like? Where are they on their way ...

Upon landing on Africa's "slave coast," the cargo was exchanged for Africans. Fully loaded with its human cargo, the ship set sail for the Americas, where the slaves were exchanged for sugar ...

An illustration showing enslaved Africans being loaded on to a slave ship. The Africans would spend around twelve weeks crammed into awful conditions aboard the ships as they crossed the Atlantic ...