USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Ships carried anything from 250 to 600 slaves. They were generally very overcrowded. In many ships they were packed like spoons, with no room even to turn, although in some ships a slave could have a space about five feet three inches high and four feet four inches wide.

Detailed explanation-2: -The median slaving vessel measured 86 feet long and 24 feet wide, with a between-deck height of 5 feet, 2 inches. The Brooks, by contrast, had a deck height of 5 feet, 6 inches, and measured 99 feet, 8 inches, in length, by 26 feet, 7 inches, in width.

Detailed explanation-3: -Throughout the height of the Atlantic slave trade (1570–1808), ships that transported the enslaved were normally smaller than traditional cargo ships, with most ships that transported the enslaved, weighing between 150 and 250 tons.

Detailed explanation-4: -Under the terms of the act, ships could transport 1.67 slaves per ton up to a maximum of 207 tons burthen, after which only one slave per ton could be carried. The well-known slave ship Brookes was limited to carrying 454 people; it had previously transported as many as 609 enslaved.