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CONTENTS
THE SLAVER AND HER OUTFIT
- There were Tiny Ships in the Trade — One Vessel had a Capacity of 5,000 Gallons of Molasses Only, and even Open Row-boats were used in the Nineteenth Century — Dimensions of a Slaver's Timbers — The Famous Venus, a Forerunner of the Yankee Clippers — Steamers that were in the Trade — The Blubber Kettles of Whalers used for Boiling Rice and Yams — Rum, Guns, and Coin were the Favorite Articles of Traffic, but Silks, Laces, Parasols and Other Goods for the Use of Women of Education and Delicate Tastes were Wanted — A Naval Officer's Estimate for a Slaver's Outfit,Page 36
ON THE SLAVE-COAST
- Physical Features of Land and Sea — Peculiarities of the Aborigines and some Characteristics that were not Peculiar to Them — Gathering Slaves for the Market — A Trade that Degenerated from a System of Fair Barter into the Most Atrocious Forms of Piracy Conceivable — Utter Degradation of White Traders — The Slaughter at Calabar — Prices Paid for Slaves — The Barracoons of Pedro Blanco and Da Souza — When Negroes Voluntarily Sold Themselves,Page 44
THE MIDDLE PASSAGE
- Stowing Slaves for the Voyage from Africa to a Market — The Galleries — Compelled to Lie "Spoon-fashion" to Save Deck Space — A Plan by which the 'Tween Decks Space was Packed Full — Effects of the Ship's Rolling on the Manacled Cargo — Living Slaves Jettisoned to Make a Claim on the Underwriters — Horrors of "The Blood-Stained Gloria" — Blinded Crews of the Rodeur and the Leon — Suicide Among the Tortured Slaves — Pitiful Tale of a Weanling's Death — Punishing Mutiny on the American Slaver Kentucky — Slave Ships Named for Two of Our Presidents,Page 68
