Published in the June 2, 1860 issue of Harper's Weekly, The Slave Deck of the Bark "Wildfire" illustrated how Africans travelled on the upper deck of the ship. On board the ship were 510 captives ...

An adjoining room on the same deck is appointed for the boys ... For the purpose of admitting this needful refreshment, most of the ships in the slave trade are provided, between the decks ...

Slave ships usually took between six and eleven weeks ... but they could be force fed as a result some refused to dance on deck or take part in enforced exercise - they were whipped as punishment ...

City leaders, in partnership with The Shockoe Project, have announced the construction of a life-size replica of the slave ship, “The Brooks,” a significant part of the city’s history as a ...