page_title: Slave ship
hierarchical_section_title: Slave ship
caption_attribution_description: Čeština: Plakát zobrazující podmínky při převozu otroků z Afriky do Ameriky, který burcoval veřejnost v Anglii a USA proti obchodu s otroky.English: Stowage of the British slave ship Brookes under the regulated slave trade act of 1788.
context_page_description: 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.
context_section_description: 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.
caption: A plan of the British slave ship Brookes, showing how 454 slaves were accommodated on board after the Slave Trade Act 1788. This same ship had reportedly carried as many as 609  slaves and was 267 tons burden, making 2.3 slaves per ton.[1] Published by the Society for Effecting the Abolition of the Slave Trade
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