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 …

Feb 13, 2025 · The slave ship was the means by which nearly 12.5 million enslaved Africans were transported from Africa to the Americas between 1500 and 1866 as part of the transatlantic slave trade.

Jul 14, 2025 · Between the 16th and 19th centuries, the transatlantic slave trade forcibly transported over twelve million Africans across the ocean. This brutal journey, known as the Middle Passage, …

Aug 31, 2018 · After Charles I of Spain signed an edict launching the transatlantic slave trade, human cargo on transatlantic voyages spiked nearly tenfold. In August 1518, King Charles I authorized …

Divers explore wreck of 18th-century slave ship where mutiny took place. Black archaeologists join team investigating off the coast of Mozambique as part of global project to identify and tell stories of …

Slave ships were regular cargo ships (ships used for carrying goods) that had been converted to carry slaves. Slave ship owners wanted to carry as many Africans as possible so their profit would be …

Links are provided to the ships in the Trans-Atlantic Database from which the liberated Africans were rescued, as well as to audio recordings allowing users to listen to the names and help us identify to …

Dec 29, 2025 · The transatlantic slave trade was part of the global slave trade that took 10–12 million enslaved Africans to the Americas during the 16th through the 19th centuries.

About 10.7 million people survived the horrors of the Middle Passage between 1526 and 1866, only to end up in bondage on sugar, rice, cotton, and tobacco plantations throughout the Americas and the …

The first ship carrying enslaved Africans arrived at Old Point Comfort on August 25, 1619. An English privateer ship captured them from a Spanish slave ship. The privateer traded its human cargo to …