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t. e. Slave 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.
Joaquina, Spanish slave ship carrying 348 Africans when captured by HMS Nimble 10 November 1833. Josefa, Spanish schooner carrying 206 slaves when captured by HMS Monkey 7 April 1829. Jesus of Lübeck, a 700-ton ship used on the second voyage of John Hawkins to transport 400 captured Africans in 1564.
The schooner Clotilda (often misspelled Clotilde) was the last known U.S. slave ship to bring captives from Africa to the United States, arriving at Mobile Bay, in autumn 1859 [1] or on July 9, 1860, [2] [3] with 110 African men, women, and children. [4] The ship was a two-masted schooner, 86 feet (26 m) long with a beam of 23 ft (7.0 m).
The museum includes a brief history of the transatlantic slave trade and highlights the survivors of the 45-day journey from Africa, AL.com reported.It tells the story of its most famous passenger ...
Wanderer. (slave ship) Wanderer in U.S. Navy service during the American Civil War (1861–1865), after being used once in the slave trade and for mercantile trade. Wanderer was the penultimate documented ship to bring an illegal cargo of enslaved people from Africa to the United States, landing at Jekyll Island, Georgia, on November 28, 1858. [1]
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A museum that tells the history of the Clotilda — the last ship known to transport Africans to the American South for enslavement — opened Saturday, exactly 163 years after the vessel arrived ...
York (explorer) York (1770–75 – after 1815) [1] was an American explorer [2] and historic figure, being the only African-American member of the Lewis and Clark Expedition. He participated in the entire exploration and made significant contributions to its success. [3] : 302 [4] : 152 He was the first African American to cross the continent ...