The Slave Ship: A Human History Characters

The Slave Ship: A Human History Character List

Captain Tomba

Tomba is one of the dejected prisoners, and he stands out because of his height, strength, boldness and sternness.

John Leadstine

John is the head of the slave factory or shipping point, and he is commonly referred to as Old Cracker. John is stationed at Brace Islands, Sierra Leone.

Captain Clement Noble

Noble is one of the main captains of a ship ferrying slaves from the African coastline to the western countries.

Thomas Trotter

Thomas appears in the parliamentary investigative committee to narrate the experience of a man who threw himself from the ship to avoid being delivered as a slave to western owners.

Sarah

Sara is the beautiful young woman who boarded a Liverpool slave ship in 1785, and she captured the attention of everyone.

Butterworth

Butterworth is a Slave Ship Sailor

Captain Evans

Evans is the captain who named the beautiful young woman Sarah as a biblical symbol to link her to the attributes of the wife of Abraham.

Samuel Robinson

Robison is the cabin boy aged 13 years when he first boarded the Lady Neilson in 1801.

Captain Alexander Cowan

Alexander Cowan is an uncle to Robinson, and he is in charge of the ship heading to Gold Coast from Liverpool.

Bartholomew Roberts

A young Welshman sailing in a slave ship called Guinea man from London to Sierra Leone.

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