Diagram from F.J. Bertuch "Bilderbuch fur Kinder" 1805. Weimar publishers,Germany. Slave traders on the West African Coast gather up slaves and separate families. The ships transported hundreds of slaves chained tightly to plank beds. They were held in cargo holds with little room to move,up to one third of the people died in transit. This heartbreaking scene shows that Bertuch was on the side of the abolitionists in trying to stop a tragic evil | |
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Credit: | Science Photo Library / Stewart, Paul D. |
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