The coastwise slave trade existed along the eastern coastal areas of North America. Shiploads and boatloads of slaves were transported from place to place on the waterways that exist there. Hundreds of vessels of various sizes and capacities were employed in the transporting of slaves from place to place. The famous Creole case began with a slave rebellion on board a ship that was transporting 135 slaves coastwise.
A similar slave rebellion occurred on board the Amistad in 1839, on the high seas.
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