Slaves were manacled and packed tightly into the holds of the slave ships.
They were captured by slave traders who tied them up and forced them to walk to the ships under the threat of weapons.
According to the book "To Be a Slave" from actual documented accounts of former slaves written down in the 1930's for a special project in history the slaves were walked to the ship directly after being captured/sold. They would camp enroute, but it was a pretty direct walk into the ship.
There are slaves all over the world including America. The Walk Free Foundation in Australia found slaves in 162 countries. The worst is Mauritania where 1 out of 25 people are slaves.
The end of the Atlantic slave trade effected slavery in the sense that the internal slave trade began. Post 1808 slaves were now being sold from upper southern states to the lower southern states. This internal slave trade often broke up families and many slaves had to walk hundreds of thousands of miles, while still chained, to their new plantations.
Yes he was a slave owner. I was at one of those places were they walk you around and they talk about history. Anyway, he said that Eli witney's slave created the Cotton Gin, because back then anything the slaves created the slave owners got credit for. Which means Eli witney's slave created the Cotton Gin, NOT i repeat NOT Eli Witney.
they went a brought it home. If they went by carriage the slave would walk.
maids slaves
Some slaves jumped overboard to escape the ship. Unfortunately for them, the slave hunters sailed in shark infested waters. If a slave was made to walk the planl because they carried a disease and they didn't want the rest of the ship to catch it, and the slave clung to the boat, their arms were chopped off!
During slave auctions, potential purchasers would physically inspect slaves by examining their teeth, muscles, skin, and overall health. Slaves were often forced to strip naked and sometimes even undergo demeaning inspections such as being prodded or asked to jump to demonstrate their physical strength and capabilities. These examinations were meant to assess the slaves’ worth and value as property.
It's a long walk from Egypt.
Tribes sold their own members and others sold the people they won a war against in Africa. Most had a long walk to the ships that would transport them to parts of the world where they would be sold. Roughly 3 million slaves were shipped during the late 1600's; a quarter million died on the voyage. Once landed, it was mostly luck as to what kind of owner and work expected that each person got. Certainly, it took stamina and strength to endure the trip much less work the plantations in the Americas.
Most ships are tied to the dock. Rats can walk along the ropes that are tied to the dock, right onto the ship.