Published in the June 2, 1860 issue of Harper's Weekly, The Slave Deck of the Bark "Wildfire" illustrated how Africans travelled on the upper deck of the ship. On board the ship were 510 captives ...
click image for close-up Dejected, depressed, and despondent, captives aboard slave ships ... The ship's crew in this image, apparently "cut off" during an insurrection, fire upon the slaves.