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Stowage of the British Slave Ship "Brookes" Under the Regulated Slave Trade Act of 1788

Note: The Brookes after the Regulation Act of 1788, was allowed to carry 454 Slaves. She
could stow this number by following the rule adopted in this plate namely of allowing a space
of 6ft by 1ft 4 In to each man; 5ft 10 In by 1ft 4In to each woman, & 5ft by 1ft 2In to each
boy, but so much space as this was seldom allowed even after the Regulation Act. It was proved
by the confession of the Slave Merchant that before the above Act the Brookes had at one
time carried as many as 609 Slaves. This was done by taking some out of Irons & locking them
s[?]wise (to use the technical term) that is by stowing one within the distended legs of the
other.


Illustrating

Fig 1.
Longitudinal Section

Fig 2.
Plan of lower deck with the stowage of 292 slaves
130 of these being stowed under the shelves as shewn in figure 3 & figure 5.

Fig 3.
Plan shewing the stowage of 130 additional slaves round the wings or sides of the lower
deck by means of platforms or shelves (in the manner of galleries in a church) the slaves
stowed on the shelves and below them have only a height of 2 feet 7 inches between the
beams and far less under the beams.

Fig 4.
Cross section at the poop

Fig 5.
Cross section amidships

Fig 6.
Lower tier of slaves under the poop

Fig 7.
Shelf tier of slaves under the poop
 


Credits
U.S. National Archives and Records Administration


Related Links
Slavery and Abolition     About the Dolben Act of 1788     Map: European Slave Ports


Stowage of the British Slave Ship "Brookes" Under the Regulated Slave Trade Act of 1788



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