This human cargo was transported across the Atlantic Ocean and sold to New World slave ... ship captains such as John Newton (who later became a foe of slavery), loaded their then-empty holds ...

The ship's cargo hold is empty except for twenty or so Africans ... at least one African had been declared a slave. This African was ordered by the court "to serve his said master or his assigns ...

An illustration showing how enslaved Africans were stored in the cargo hold of slave ships for transportation across the Atlantic from Africa to the Americas. On the coast of Western Africa ...

According to historical records, the Isabelita was a slave ... ship and said, 'Look, you give me the ship, and I will let everybody go. You know, we're not out to kill people. We want the cargo.'" ...

The last known slave ship to travel to the United States ... more about what they really experienced and how small that cargo hold was and how on top of each other they were, it’s very chilling ...