the slave voyage based on the vessel Lilly
The Lilly
I agree with your research on the slave voyage based on the vessel Lilly. The ship was owned by eight English men who played as the core merchants in the slave trade. From your study, it is evident that through the trips based on various continents and back to Liverpool, the vessel is linked to the slave trade of the late 1760s (Emory Center for Digital Scholarship, 2020). Through this ship, Liverpool controlled over 80% of the British and 40% of the entire European slave trade until its abolition in 1800. I support your argument that the vessel was known for slave delivery along the coasts of Jamaica, Charleston, and in the Caribbean Islands after collecting them from Africa.
I agree with your observation that there existed rampant cases of child trade in Africa directly associated with Lilly. From your example ki,dnapped children and mothers were indeed sold to the slave merchants awaiting deposition to various slave sites such as Amsterdam, London, Bristol, and Lisbon. For instance, I can see you indicated that the ship was associated with buying a kidnapped young girl in Sierra Leone (Shaw, 2020).
I recognize you mentioned that the slave trade took its toll in the Atlantic in the 18th century, a period that was known as the great Atlantic expansion. The Lilly made more frequent picks, and drops on various slave deport like the South Carolina and the Caribbean Islands (Emory Center for Digital Scholarship, 2020). I concede your statement that not all the ferried slaves arrived at the set destinations. Some canoed out of the ship while others drowned themselves as they could not stand the misery that awaited them on the other side of the ocean (Emory Center for Digital Scholarship, 2020). I acknowledge your opinion on the statistics, which indicated that about ten percent of the slaves disappeared while on transit. A more shocking premonition is that only 40% of the people on the Lilly arrived back at Liverpool is also true.
In conclusion, our ideas regarding the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade period as one of the marked times in world history where dehumanization existed coincide. It is true that although Liverpool entered the trade late, it emerged among the most significant slave ports in the whole of Europe by registering 131 sailings. The city was known for its capacity to develop slave ships according to the tastes of the merchants. The abolition of the slave trade by the Slave Trade Act marked the end of the slave voyage vessels such as the Lilly.
References
Emory Center for Digital Scholarship. “SlaveVoyages.” AccessedApril16, 2020. https://slavevoyages.org.
Shaw, C. (2020). Liverpool’s Slave Trade Legacy.