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The author provides a firsthand account of the slave trade on the West African coast, documenting how ships were modified to confine captives, the procurement and sale procedures at coastal ports such as Bonny, and the day-to-day conditions endured by those aboard. He describes temporary deckhouses, barriers and restraints, the oppressive heat, smoke and disease, and the exchanges between ship crews and local rulers and traders. The narrative records the widespread suffering and high mortality among enslaved people and seamen, and presents practical observations aimed at revealing the trade's brutality.

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Title: An account of the slave trade on the coast of Africa

Author: Alexander Falconbridge

Release date: October 19, 2022 [eBook #69178]
Most recently updated: October 19, 2024

Language: English

Original publication: United Kingdom: J. Phillips, 1788

Credits: The Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)

*** START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK AN ACCOUNT OF THE SLAVE TRADE ON THE COAST OF AFRICA ***

AN
ACCOUNT
OF THE
SLAVE TRADE
ON THE
Coast of Africa.


BY
ALEXANDER FALCONBRIDGE,
Late Surgeon in the African Trade


LONDON:
Printed by J. Phillips, George Yard, Lombard-street.
MDCCLXXXVIII.