Vessels of the Baltimore clipper type continued to be built for the slave trade, being useful for escaping enforcement of the British and American legislation prohibiting the trans-Atlantic slave trade. Some of these Baltimore clippers were captured when working as slavers, condemned by the appropriate court, and sold to owners who then used them as opium clippersmoving from one illegal international trade to another.
vessels of the baltimore clipper type continued to be built for the slave trade being useful for escaping enforcement of the british and american legislation prohibiting the trans-atlantic slave trade some of these baltimore clippers were captured when working as slavers condemned by the appropriate court and sold to owners who then used them as opium clippersmoving from one illegal international trade to another