The Representation of the Brig 'Vigilante'

The Representation of the Brig 'Vigilante'

Slave Ships in the Atlantic Passage

Image description of how cramped and horrible the conditions were for slaves on ships in the Atlantic Ocean. These ships would carry 345 slaves and would sit in uncomfortable postures for most of the trip.

National Maritime Museum, London (neg. PY 7370). See Committee of the Religious Society of Friends, Case of the Vigilante: With Some Reflections on that Traffic (London, 1826). Copy also held in the John Carter Brown Library at Brown University.

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1822

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English

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Atlantic

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