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Someone might want to captain a slave ship for financial gain, as the transatlantic slave trade was immensely profitable. Captains could earn substantial wages and bonuses for successfully transporting enslaved individuals to plantations in the Americas. Additionally, there may have been a sense of adventure or a desire for power and status in a society that viewed the trade as a legitimate enterprise. However, this motivation existed within a deeply unethical and inhumane context.
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The black slave who would later captain a Union ship was?
Robert Smalls was a slave who commandeered a Confederate ship and made his way to freedom. He then went into service with the Union army.
The black slave who would later captain a Union ship?
Robert Smalls, 1839-1915. Captain of the transport ship USS Planter. After the war he became a member of the US House of Representatives from South Carolina.
The first slave ship is named?
Sir John Hawkins had the dubious distinction of becoming the first slave-ship captain to bring Africans to the Americas. His ship was called "the good ship Jesus".
Who was the ship captain in the African slave trade and later became a merchant in New Hampshire?
William Whipple
What conditions did slaves endure during their capture and transport along the middle passage?
The slaves would be thrown into the deck of the ship where there would have been no space, light or dryness because there were so many of them. Many slaves died as a result of this and because of deadly diseases being passed from slave to slave. Stories tell of how one captain of a slave ship, hung up a female black slave by her foot and then whipped her because she refused to dance naked on the deck of his ship - an invasion of privacy.
The black slave who would later captain a Union ship was?
Robert Smalls was a slave who commandeered a Confederate ship and made his way to freedom. He then went into service with the Union army.
Who was The black slave who would later captain a Union ship?
Robert Smalls was a slave who commandeered a Confederate ship and made his way to freedom. He then went into service with the Union army.
Who signed the decleration of independence that was a ship's captain in the African slave trade?
There was no slave ship captain that signed the Declaration of Independence. The document had nothing to do with slavery and IF there had been a captain who ran a slave ship it wouldn’t have made any difference. Jefferson owned slaves and he wrote the Declaration.
What was life on a slave ship as a captain?
that was a lot of help
Who was the captain of the first slave ship?
Sir John Hawkins had the dubious honor of being the first British captain to dock a slave ship in the English colonies. The year was 1619 and the place was Jamestown, VA.
Who was a former slave who worked as captain on a union ship and later became a congressman from South Carolina?
This would be Robert Smalls.
The black slave who would later captain a Union ship?
Robert Smalls, 1839-1915. Captain of the transport ship USS Planter. After the war he became a member of the US House of Representatives from South Carolina.
The first slave ship is named?
Sir John Hawkins had the dubious distinction of becoming the first slave-ship captain to bring Africans to the Americas. His ship was called "the good ship Jesus".
Who is Captain Cawthorne in The Slave Dancer?
Captain Cawthorne is the cruel and corrupt captain of the ship that captures Jessie, the main character in "The Slave Dancer." He forces Jessie to play the fife to keep the enslaved Africans dancing during the Middle Passage.
Who signed the declaration of independence and was a ship's captain in the African slave trade?
Axle Rose
Who signed the declaration independence and was a ship's captain in the African slave trade?
Axle Rose
What is the Zong?
it was a british slave ship famous for a massacre of lots of slaves The Zong is a slave ship thata was involved in the Slave Trade, the Zong was owned by a man called James Gregson. On one particular trip, the Zong was sailing from Africa to the West Indies, when its captain, Captain Collingwood was killed by disease.
