About this object
-
ID:
28.176
Production date:
1789
-
Location:
On Display: Museum of London Docklands: London, Sugar and Slavery
In the House of Commons, William Wilberforce demonstrated how enslaved people were transported across the Atlantic using a model of the ship ‘Brookes’. Designed to transport 482 men, women, and children in the hold, he stated that as many as 609 slaves had been carried on the same ship. Olaudah Equiano, a formerly enslaved Londoner, wrote of 'the loathsome smells . . . the chains . . . the filth . . . the shrieks of the women and the groans of the dying' during his transportation from Africa to the West Indies.
-
Measurements
H 342 mm; L 400 mm
-
Last Updated
2024-03-26
?
Record quality:
What is this?
Not every record in Collections Online is complete. Some have low quality images designed purely for recognition, while some have been catalogued only to a basic standard. This graphic is designed to give you an impression of the quality of data you can see. 100% meets all our current data standards and has a high quality image, 20% is a basic record with no image. Individual record quality can change over time as new photography is carried out and records are worked on.
X