Brookes (ship)

Brookes (ship)

The "Brookes" print was an image widely used by campaigners for the abolition of the transatlantic slave trade. First designed in Plymouth, UK, in 1788 by the Plymouth Chapter of the Society for Effecting the Abolition of the Slave Trade [cite web | title = The Brookes - visualising the transatlantic slave trade | date = 2007 | url = http://www.history.ac.uk/1807commemorated/exhibitions/museums/brookes.html | accessdate = 2008-03-06 ] and depicting the conditions on board the slave ship "Brooke". The print has become an iconic image of the inhumanity of the slave trade.

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