Transatlantic Slave Trade

Regarding this dreadful Trade:

As soon as Europeans began to settle in America in the early 16th century, black slaves were imported from Africa to work for them. As the settlements grew and  plantations proliferated so did the demand for slaves. It has been estimated that as many as 11 million slaves may have been transported from Africa to America. Britain was heavily involved from the mid 17th century.

The battle to abolish slavery began in the 1760s but it was not until 1807 that the trade in slaves was abolished in Britain and it became illegal for British ships to trade in slaves. In 2007 the bicentenary was remembered.

Replicawarehouse can supply items which would have been grown on the American plantations by slaves such as cotton bolls, sugar made into cones and tobacco sold in twists. We can also supply replicas of some of the cruel methods of restraint used to subdue slaves on board ship and in the colonies. The majority of our iron restraints are hand made to order and are based on surviving examples.

Below are some of our artefacts we have supplied to museums.