What industry did cargo ships converted for hauling slaves and Sydenham Teast have in common?
Sydenham Teast Sydenham Teast was a shipbuilder and shipowner based in Bristol, England, during the 18th and 19th centuries. Amongst Teast's businesses was whaling, and an ivory and wood trade between England and Africa. He constructed Redcliffe Parade in the 1770s, and was also involved in the slave trade, refitting the slaver "Hector" in 1776. Towards the end of the eighteenth century, Teast became a significant figure in Bristol's trade to African communities. He was not heavily invested in the slave trade
USS Planter (1862) USS "Planter" (1862) was a steamer taken over by Robert Smalls, a Southern slave and ship's pilot who steered the ship past Confederate defenses and surrendered it to Union Navy forces on 13 May 1862 during the American Civil War.