Thomas Phillips was one of them.
John Newton was another.
They were only paid for the ones who survived the voyage.
They were called the Roman Galleys.
Phillis
no some where free ships
Single (just one captain) - The captain's table. Plural (many captains) - The captains' table. or The captains' tables.
the slave ships were wooden and they smellt horrible and the ships are really dirty.
The slave trade was extremely lucrative. There were several successful captains.
Abraham Lincoln
There were at least 130 sea men on slave ships.
When slaves were brought ashore from slave ships, they were usually inspected, cleaned, and separated before being sold at auctions. The slaves were then auctioned off to the highest bidder, typically plantation owners or slave traders, who would then use them for labor in fields, mines, or households.
Amistad and the Tecora
The first country to use African people as slaves were the Portuguese. In 1441, two Captains of Portuguese ships, names unknown, took 12 slaves from Africa and brought them back to Portugal as slaves. Other countries followed such as Britain, Spain, Netherlands and France. .