Project Gutenberg 2022-10-19 Public domain in the USA. 764 Falconbridge, Alexander 1792 43021817 An account of the slave trade on the coast of Africa $aUnited Kingdom :$bJ. Phillips,$c1788. The Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive) "An Account of the Slave Trade on the Coast of Africa" by Alexander Falconbridge is a historical account written in the late 18th century. The book provides a firsthand observation of the transatlantic slave trade, detailing the horrors faced by enslaved Africans from their capture, transportation, and sale in the West Indies. Falconbridge, a surgeon who worked on slave ships, offers critical insights into the inhumanity of the slave trade, the conditions aboard the ships, and the experiences of both the slaves and the sailors involved in this brutal commerce. Throughout the text, Falconbridge recounts numerous harrowing experiences that illustrate the cruelty and suffering inflicted upon enslaved people. He describes how individuals were kidnapped, sold into slavery, and subjected to appalling living conditions during their transportation. The chilling treatment meted out to the slaves, which often included overcrowding, insufficient food, and violent punishments, is vividly portrayed. Falconbridge also sheds light on the plight of the sailors involved in the trade, many of whom endure severe hardships, face brutal treatment from officers, and suffer high mortality rates. By sharing these accounts, Falconbridge aims to raise awareness and promote abolitionist sentiments regarding the grotesque realities of the slave trade. (This is an automatically generated summary.) 20220212152510falconbrid 1788 GB Reading ease score: 60.8 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. en Slave trade -- Africa -- Early works to 1800 Slave trade -- West Indies, British -- Early works to 1800 HT Text Category: History - Other Category: History - Modern (1750+) 121297 2025-09-27T10:07:46.123545 text/html 97155 2024-10-19T01:28:09 text/html 315338 2025-09-27T10:07:49.265582 application/epub+zip 313584 2025-09-27T10:07:47.087561 application/epub+zip 142830 2025-09-27T10:07:46.533549 application/epub+zip 504925 2025-09-27T10:07:51.090566 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 489220 2025-09-27T10:07:48.892523 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 108864 2025-09-27T10:07:45.968565 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 88814 2024-10-19T01:28:09 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 16016 2025-09-27T10:07:51.219515 application/rdf+xml 10855 2025-09-27T10:07:46.774532 image/jpeg 1995 2025-09-27T10:07:46.652559 image/jpeg 332448 2025-09-27T10:07:46.137587 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia