mrs. taylor - the middle passage
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Middle PassageMrs. Taylor
Iron Tools
West Africans were making iron tools long before Europeans arrived in Africa.
British Slave Ship
Plan of the British Slave Ship Brookes, 1788. This plan, which may undercount the human cargo the Brookes carried, shows how tightly Africans were packed aboard slave ships.
Nineteenth-Century Engraving
This nineteenth-century engraving suggests the humiliation Africans endured as they were subjected to physical inspections before being sold.