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slave ship

cargo ship carrying slaves onboard from Africa to the Americas across the Atlantic Ocean between the 16th and mid-19th centuries
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slave ship

Summary

slave ship is a ship type[1]. It draws 1,004 Wikipedia views per month (ship_type category, ranking #66 of 315).[2]

Key Facts

  • slave ship's instance of is recorded as ship type[3].
  • slave ship is a type of cargo ship[4].
  • slave ship is used for African slave trade[5].
  • slave ship's Commons category is recorded as Slave ships[6].
  • slave ship's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Slave ships[7].
  • slave ship's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as WikiProject African diaspora[8].

Why It Matters

slave ship draws 1,004 Wikipedia views per month (ship_type category, ranking #66 of 315).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 15 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[9] It is known by 19 alternative names across languages and contexts.[10]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . Watercraft types. wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . Watercraft types. wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [9] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [10] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 6w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Has use → African slave trade
    On focus list of wikimedia project → WikiProject African diaspora
    Instance of → —
    Subclass of → cargo ship
    + 4 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|2 */ [[Property:P8189]]: 987007559144105171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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