With the end of the monopoly, the number of slaves transported on English ships would increase dramatically -- to an average of over 20,000 a year. By the end of the 17th century, England led the ...

We are describing a journey of a Nantes slave ship since Nantes was ... beginning in the 17th century, and at one point, the necessity to specialize became a notable fact for the shipowners ...

In the area of Senegal, in the 17th century, slaves were given to the ... Traders and captains of slave ships preferred these because they were less trouble, having never known anything but ...