On the slave ships, people were stuffed between decks in spaces too low for standing. The heat was often unbearable, and the air nearly unbreathable. Women were often used sexually.

For the purpose of admitting this needful refreshment, most of the ships in the slave trade are provided, between the decks, with five or six air-ports on each side of the ship, of about five ...

The Slave Ship 13:17. The following script is from "The Slave Ship" which aired on November 1, 2015. Scott Pelley is the correspondent. Nicole Young, producer.

On the slave ships, people were stuffed between decks in spaces too low for standing. The heat was often unbearable, and the air nearly unbreathable. Slaves were often chained in pairs, shackled wrist ...

On the slave ships, people were stuffed between decks in spaces too low for standing. The heat was often unbearable, and the air nearly unbreathable. Slaves were often chained in pairs, shackled ...

A print of the slave ship Brooks, showing slaves packed sardinelike below deck in the ship, which was published in England and America, was particularly effective in the campaign against slavery ...

Over more than three centuries, more than 12 million Africans were loaded on ships, bound for the Americas to be slaves.Aboard the slaver, or Guinea ship, as the vessels were also known, the kidnap… ...

On Dec. 5, 1801, a Spanish slave ship left Charleston, S.C., for Mozambique, according to the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade Database. It gathered 200 slaves, but by the time it reached Montevideo ...

"While the crew here are working the rigging in order to be able to chase down the ship, the crews below deck working the guns are going to be preparing to force the Cora to stop," Auer told 11 News.

A team of explorers has recovered cannons and other artifacts from the Whydah, the only authenticated pirate ship ever found. The shipwreck was discovered off Cape Cod in 1984.

Penny Lane By Paul Coslett The street made famous in song by The Beatles is named after a Liverpool slave ship owner and anti-abolitionist. Penny Lane is a street famous worldwide thanks to The ...