“Stowage of the British slave ship ‘Brookes’” (1788)

A diagram showing bodies packed into a ship's hold

Source: A broadside showing “Stowage of the British slave ship ‘Brookes’ under the Regulated Slave Trade Act of 1788.” (Library of Congress Rare Book and Special Collections Division)

AP African American Studies Guide

Broadside of “Stowage of the British slave ship ‘Brookes’ under the Regulated Slave Trade Act of 1788” (1788)

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