belowdeck

While the slave trade surged in the 1840s and 1850s, after 1846 not a single person was convicted in a Southern federal court on charges relating to slaving.2 In 1858, the brig Putnam, sailing under the false name Echo, was seized off Cuba with 318 sick and suffering Africans chained belowdeck.

Hanging Captain Gordon Ron Soodalter 2007

He had, in fact, been captured by Americans at sea, with slaves belowdeck, and he had remained in jail—initially by his own choice, ultimately by the walls and bars of the Tombs.

Hanging Captain Gordon Ron Soodalter 2007

While the slave trade surged in the 1840s and 1850s, after 1846 not a single person was convicted in a Southern federal court on charges relating to slaving.2 In 1858, the brig Putnam, sailing under the false name Echo, was seized off Cuba with 318 sick and suffering Africans chained belowdeck.

Hanging Captain Gordon Ron Soodalter 2007

The captives had been “packed wonderfully close” belowdeck, with the hatches locked, in the summer heat.

Hanging Captain Gordon Ron Soodalter 2007

He had, in fact, been captured by Americans at sea, with slaves belowdeck, and he had remained in jail—initially by his own choice, ultimately by the walls and bars of the Tombs.

Hanging Captain Gordon Ron Soodalter 2007

The captives had been “packed wonderfully close” belowdeck, with the hatches locked, in the summer heat.

Hanging Captain Gordon Ron Soodalter 2007

While the slave trade surged in the 1840s and 1850s, after 1846 not a single person was convicted in a Southern federal court on charges relating to slaving.2 In 1858, the brig Putnam, sailing under the false name Echo, was seized off Cuba with 318 sick and suffering Africans chained belowdeck.

Hanging Captain Gordon Ron Soodalter 2007

The captives had been “packed wonderfully close” belowdeck, with the hatches locked, in the summer heat.

Hanging Captain Gordon Ron Soodalter 2007

He had, in fact, been captured by Americans at sea, with slaves belowdeck, and he had remained in jail—initially by his own choice, ultimately by the walls and bars of the Tombs.

Hanging Captain Gordon Ron Soodalter 2007

He had, in fact, been captured by Americans at sea, with slaves belowdeck, and he had remained in jail—initially by his own choice, ultimately by the walls and bars of the Tombs.

Hanging Captain Gordon Ron Soodalter 2007