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Slave Ships and the Atlantic Crossing (Middle Passage)

Enslaved Africans being Carried to a Slave Ship, Gold Coast, late 17th cent.American Naval Ship Encountering American Slave Ship, June 6, 1850Cooking Cauldron, Slave Ship Henrietta Marie, ca. 1697-1700Cooking Cauldron, Slave Ship Henrietta Marie, ca. 1697-1700Captive Africans Taken to Slave Ship, Nigeria, 1850sRevolt Aboard Slave Ship, 19th cent.Revolt Aboard Slave Ship, 1787Top Deck of French Slave Ship, 19th cent.Body Positions of Slaves on the Slave Ship Aurore, 1784French Slave Ship Vigilante, 1822Decks of French Slave Ship Aurore, 1784Plan of the British Slave Ship "Brookes," 1789Africans Forced to Dance on Deck of Slave Ship, early 19th cent.Africans in Hold of Slave Ship, mid-19th cent. Loading Slaves Aboard Slave Ship, mid-19th cent.Enslaved Africans in Hold of Slave Ship, 1827Enslaved Africans Loaded onto Slave Ship, 1861Enslaved Africans Being Loaded into Hold of Slave ShipCanoe for Transporting Slaves, Sierra Leone, 1840sCaptive Africans Boarding Slave Ships, 1844Liberated Africans taken to British Ship, Bonny River, 1837The Slave Deck on the Bark Rescued Africans on Deck of British Naval Vessel, 1845Hold of Brazilian Slave Ship, 1845French Slave Ship, La Marie-Séraphique, Saint Domingue (Haiti), 1773Leg Shackles on Slave Ship Iron Shackles Used in Slave TradeShackles on Slave Ship Henrietta Marie, 1700Shackles Recovered from Slave Ship Henrietta Marie, 1700Slave Ship Henrietta Marie, 1700Slave Ship Henrietta Marie, 1699/1700Slave Ship Henrietta Marie, 1699ShipIrons and Shackles Used on Slave Ships, late 18th cent.Leg and Wrist Shackles Used on Slave Ship, 1784Slave Ships in Carlisle Bay, Barbados, early 19th cent.Arab Slave Ship in the Mediterranean, 1874Slave Ship, East African Coast, 1840sShackles Used on Slave Ship, 1845 Capture of a Slave Ship, African Coast, 1857Cross-Section of Slave Ship, 1857Capture of a Slave Ship, African Coast, 1859Brazilian Slave Ship Captured by British Navy, 1849British Naval Vessel Chases a Slave Ship, 1850 Captured Slave Ship, Jamaica, 1857Africans Liberated from a Slave Ship, Jamaica, 1857Africans Packed into a Slave Ship, 1857Africans Liberated from a Slave Ship, Jamaica, 1857Sleeping Position of Africans on Slave Ship, 1857Diagram of the Decks of a Slave Ship, 1814 French Slave Ship, Vigilante, 1823Shackles, Manacles, and Padlocks Used in the Slave Trade, early 19th cent. Shackles and Padlocks Used on Slave Ships, early 19th cent. The Decks of a Slave Ship, early 19th cent. Revolt Aboard Slave Ship, 19th cent.Revolt Aboard Slave Ship, 19th cent.Deck of Slave Ship, Jamaica, 19th cent.Enslaved Africans Transported to Slave Ships, Gold Coast, late 17th cent.Capture of Slave Ship by British Navy, 1824Africans Liberated from a Captured Slave Ship, 1846Africans Escaped from Slave Ship, 19th cent.Chains and Other Instruments Used by Slave Traders, 19th cent.Revolt Aboard Slave Ship, late 18th cent.Captured Africans Liberated from a Slaving Vessel, East Africa, 1884Africans Thrown Overboard from a Slave Ship, Early 19th cent.Canoes Battling the Surf, Dahomey, 1890s Slave Ship Fredensborg II, 1788Slave Ship Taking on Enslaved Africans, West Africa, Early Nineteenth CenturyDecks of a Slaving Vessel, 1823-24Canoes Battling the Surf, West Africa (Senegambia?), late 19th centuryAfricans Rescued from a Slave Ship, East Africa, 1869Africans Rescued from a Slave Ship, East Africa, 1870sAfricans Liberated from a Slave Ship, East Africa, 1870sPunishment Aboard a Slave Ship, 1792Africans Thrown Overboard from a Slave Ship, Brazil, ca. 1830s Plan of the British Slave Ship "Brookes," 1789Revolt Aboard Slave Ship, 1787 Cross-Section of Slave Ship, 1828-1829