http://www.history.com/photos/slavery-slave-trade Explore images of the Atlantic and African Slave Trades, from holding cells in Africa to auction houses in Atlanta. en Copyright 2013, History.com Wed, 19 Jun 2013 04:00:00 GMT History.com 2013-06-19T04:00:00Z en Copyright 2013, History.com http://www.history.com/photos/slavery-slave-trade/photo1 This monument, along the "Road of the Slaves" in the West-African country of Benin, commemorates the countless Africans who were kidnapped and sold as slaves between the 16th and 19th centuries. http://www.history.com/photos/slavery-slave-trade/photo1 http://www.history.com/photos/slavery-slave-trade/photo2 These statues of chained slaves in Tanzania stand as a memorial to the old slave market. http://www.history.com/photos/slavery-slave-trade/photo2 http://www.history.com/photos/slavery-slave-trade/photo3 Tourists explore the holding cells in St. George's Castle in Ghana, once used to hold slaves before they were shipped off across the Atlantic (2009). http://www.history.com/photos/slavery-slave-trade/photo3 http://www.history.com/photos/slavery-slave-trade/photo4 The House of Slaves on Goree Island in Dakar, Senegal now stands as a memorial to the Atlantic Slave Trade. For many years, it housed slaves before they were loaded onto ships bound for the Americas. http://www.history.com/photos/slavery-slave-trade/photo4 http://www.history.com/photos/slavery-slave-trade/photo5 This painting depicts the deadly Middle Passage, where ships carrying hundreds of slaves crossed the Atlantic from Africa to the Americas. With foul conditions and often few provisions, many slaves died and were thrown overboard (1840). http://www.history.com/photos/slavery-slave-trade/photo5 http://www.history.com/photos/slavery-slave-trade/photo6 This detailed drawing of the interior of a slave ship shows how the "cargo" was arranged to maximize capacity. http://www.history.com/photos/slavery-slave-trade/photo6 http://www.history.com/photos/slavery-slave-trade/photo7 When slave ships reached the Americas, the slaves were off-loaded and sold in slave markets, like the one pictured here in Atlanta (1860s). http://www.history.com/photos/slavery-slave-trade/photo7 http://www.history.com/photos/slavery-slave-trade/photo8 This illustration shows a slave auction taking place in Virginia, 1861. http://www.history.com/photos/slavery-slave-trade/photo8 http://www.history.com/photos/slavery-slave-trade/photo9 An old slave trading block on the corner of a street in Fredricksburg, Virginia in 1926. Though slavery had been abolished, this relic remained as a reminder for several years after. http://www.history.com/photos/slavery-slave-trade/photo9 http://www.history.com/photos/slavery-slave-trade/photo10 An advertisement calling to attention a new shipment of slaves coming in from North Carolina. http://www.history.com/photos/slavery-slave-trade/photo10