Slavery, Ships and Sickness - Professor Stuart Anderson

The full-rigged ship was the essential technology that enabled the trans-Atlantic slave trade to flourish. Between 1698 and 1807 around 11,000 ships were fitted out in England for the slave trade, transporting around three million Africans.
But the trade also employed other vessels, from in-shore boats supplying the slavers, to the Navy vessels that protected them. Sickness and disease were constant companions to both slaves and crew. Mortality amongst both was high, from disease, mistreatment, accident and suicide.
Dr Stuart Anderson explores the relationship between ships, slavery and sickness, and considers the measures eventually taken to improve health at sea.
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[@sedecim]

Thank you kind sir on the passing on such important information and scholarship.

[@sa-boiling-pot6462]

The world is full of rich people who do sick things for their own pockets. They misuse other poor people to reach their goals.

[@KDragund]

all we here about slavery is just talk from all these educators and professor but what any one done about it, this is the worse incident that the world history has ever told , you take a people change there name ,religion, language and even the food they eat. and now today we would wonder why the Africa America and Africa Caribbean behavior is the way it is,i have no respect for this self claim Royal family .

[@walkinloveonpurpose9496]

Here already..

[@AJYahye]

Oh my God !!?? I really cried...oh.. I can stop tears filled in my eyes and chest... Africans and African continent must get compensation....oh oh oh oh

[@Iceis_Phoenix]

Then I should too. My Irish ancestors were treated just as inhumane.

[@toddenglish769]

African Continent should get compensation for gathering their people up and selling them to slaver's?

[@firstupbestdressed9568]

@@MaTTer1235 Slavery was abolished... Then in 1666 the cest que vie (trust) ACT was put through the english parliament, which made slaves of everybody with a birth certificate. Babbylon.= baby of london. Its a vatican slaveship we all now live on. The bond is a share on the stock market...we are traded still.

[@Reincarnation111]

Let's not get carried away and dream of compensation, can we at least stop subjugating African Americans whose ancestors were forcibly and brutally brought over to enrich the masters of the new world?

[@deangary6110]

Great info!

[@bmsys4855]

Esau your time is up

[@frederickeyramapana]

What does the proverb " The resting place of the ancients (ancestors),we no longer rest there " teach us?

[@nunocunhaataide7959]

Os feitos portugueses causaram muita admiração em Roma; e Deus quis que Miguel Ângelo desse testemunho disso, para os que haveriam de vir, no painel principal da Capela Sistina (sobre o altar-mor), pintando a cena "o resgate dos escravos" (na qual Portugal com um longo rosário faz subir a África e a Índia). Entre as dezenas de figuras desenhadas por Miguel Ângelo na famosa pintura "Juízo Final" - almas perdidas, anjos, demónios, apóstolos e santos - destacam-se dois homens pendentes num rosário, em movimento ascendente de Salvação. Eles estabelecem uma relação simbólica com Portugal. São um negro e um indiano agarrados a um terço. O primeiro representa o continente africano, o segundo o mundo oriental e o rosário representa a oração. Falta um índio da América - facto que talvez se possa atribuir à animosidade que então reinava contra os espanhóis. Mas a mensagem é clara: levado pelos missionários portugueses, o Evangelho salvaria o novo mundo do Fim dos Tempos.

[@jamahaze7139]

SHAME......😔😔😔😔😪

[@jehovahisraelarmstrongmcgu3308]

All God's property is 100% tip top shape indestructible

[@isaacnewton2844]

Nope

[@TorySlusher]

Perspective. The good ship Jesus. Horrendous things can be done in the name of anyone.

[@littlesometin]

As you can see this tragedy has lager proportions than it could seem and we should be very careful blaming anyone today for what was done centuries ago.

[@e.hawkinsel783]

No Ships

[@kudjoeadkins-battle2502]

No ships? And all of this lecture is manufactured?

[@reverenddaley6886]

top and hat and putting his arm is working in Taunton

[@edwinclarke3140]

The most hight will judge the 4 generations Shelom

[@VChirinuptials]

Ditto k ambusa, you are totally and completely correct. The nerve of them. And the same is still happening today! As well in the news you see they are getting their Karma.

[@Smile-uwokeup-2day]

The history of this is hard for some to take . Two n half year after it was sign by president Lincoln da south did not release slavery.

[@kloudnine2832]

EVERY TRIBE THAT WAS INVOLVED IN THE TRANS ATLANTIC SLAVE TRADE WHICH ALSO LANDED IN THE CARABEANS AND DESTROYED MY PPL THE TAINO TRIBE/ARAWOK TRIBES!!!! WHAT ABOUT THAT???

[@Iceis_Phoenix]

I just watched a video about that. It should be talked about more.

[@jehovahisraelarmstrongmcgu3308]

All ships we're given to JCADIG for Right Living and Christian Freedom 🙏

[@calicilmi5161]

These who were slaved and these who them have gone and proceeded towards their lord all of them poor or rich white or black Arab or non Arab

[@nidishaodonnell5723]

I understand that African Americans were slaves and stuff and I feel very very sorry for them, but In Australia indigenous people like myself were treated worse than this. My ancestors were thrown of cliffs with there children for being aboriginal. And I feel like nobody pays attention to us and what happened, even though this happened along time ago that doesn’t mean I’m or any indigenous people are not affected by the history. 💔💔🥺😭😭

[@lelarobinson2854]

The same way Blacks today feel

[@Iceis_Phoenix]

I understand you. My Irish ancestors were treated very bad. NOBODY talks about it.

[@Macdaddy.]

Aboriginals are black

[@jamesgarrett499]

We just don't believe you 🤔

[@eyeonart6865]

This is the past, leave it in the past where ie belongs.

[@sydneysweat37]

Jiorgi most respectable people don’t want to bring slavery back. But it is wrong to act like it never happened and expect all people to be at an even playing field when a certain portion of people had hundreds of years as a head start *and are still being persecuted in the present.

[@nicholasturner7931]

People like being victims it gives them a built in excuse for failure or just not trying at all in life. Don’t take that away from African Americans they’ll not have anything left. The victim hood is there identity

[@nicholasturner7931]

Janice Doe persecuted gimme a break persecuted on there I-phones with some Jordan’s on. Poor things