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This painting depicts the deadly Middle Passage, where ships carrying hundreds of slaves crossed the Atlantic from Africa to the Americas. With foul conditions and often few provisions, many slaves died and were thrown overboard (1840)
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This detailed drawing of the interior of a slave ship shows how the "cargo" was arranged to maximize capacity.
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An advertisement calling to attention a new shipment of slaves coming in from North Carolina.
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When slave ships reached the Americas, the slaves were off-loaded and sold in slave markets, like the one pictured here in Atlanta (1860s).
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This illustration shows a slave auction taking place in Virginia, 1861.
