Mary Prince (1788-c.1833) The First Woman to Present a Petition to Parliament
Mary Prince was born in 1788, to an enslaved family in Bermuda. She was sold to a number of brutal owners and suffered from terrible treatment. Prince...
Category : History
The Slave Ships & Their Voyages
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A Historical Overview The transatlantic slave trade, one of the darkest chapters in human history, involved the transportation of millions of Africans to the Americas...
Captive Africans – The Middle Passage Experience
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Africans subjected to the Middle Passage originated from diverse regions along Africa’s west coast, from Senegambia in the north to the Slave Coast (modern-day Benin...
On the Plantations
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When enslaved Africans arrived in the Americas, they were often alone, separated from their family and communities, and unable to communicate with those around them....
British Involvement in the Transatlantic Slave Trade
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For well over 300 years, European countries forced Africans onto slave ships and transported them across the Atlantic Ocean. The first European nation to engage...
The Triangular Trade
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The Transatlantic Slave Trade had three stages STAGE 1 Slave ships from Britain left ports like London, Liverpool, and Bristol for West Africa carrying goods...
The Arrival of European Traders
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The Age of Discovery and the Dawn of Global Trade (15th–17th Centuries) The arrival of European traders marked one of the most transformative periods in...
The Plantation System
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The establishment of settlements in the Americas during the 17th century marked the beginning of the plantation system, a significant development in the history of...
Slave Branding
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A Brutal Mark of Ownership in the Transatlantic Slave Trade The transatlantic slave trade, spanning from the mid-16th century to the 1860s, forcibly transported over...