Description

Image shows the plan of an African slave ship. From left to right, the ship is divided into the following compartments: men's room, boy's room, women's room, and girl's room. It also includes two small store rooms. Hundreds of human figures illustrate the extent to which the slaves were crowded on board, and suggest the conditions under which they made the passage.; Illustration for Remarks on the Slave Trade, Extracted from the American Museum, for May, 1789. And published by order of the Pennsylvania Society for Promoting the Abolition of Slavery, &c. (Philadelphia: s.n., 1789).; A caption at the head of the engraving reads: "Plan of an African ship's lower deck, with Negroes, in the proportion of not quite one to a ton."

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