United States, Georgia, 32.75042, -83.500181808Africans captured to be sold into slavery crossed the Atlantic Ocean lying pressed together in crowded ships' holds. The city of Savannah served as a major port for the Atlantic slave trade from 1750, when the Georgia colony repealed its ban on slavery, until 1798, when the state outlawed the importation of enslaved people.Image of an illustration of the layout of the interior of a slave ship. Africans captured to be sold into slavery crossed the Atlantic Ocean lying pressed together in crowded ships' holds. The city of Savannah served as a major port for the Atlantic slave trade from 1750, when the Georgia colony repealed its ban on slavery, until 1798, when the state outlawed the importation of enslaved people.image/jpeghttp://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/history-archaeology/slavery-colonial-georgiahttp://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/history-archaeology/atlantic-slave-trade-savannahhttp://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/history-archaeology/charles-lindbergh-georgiaForms part of: New Georgia Encyclopediahttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/CNE/1.0/http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/history-archaeology/slavery-colonial-georgiahttp://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/history-archaeology/atlantic-slave-trade-savannahhttp://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/history-archaeology/charles-lindbergh-georgiaForms part of: New Georgia EncyclopediaSlavery--United StatesCargo holdsSlave shipsShipsSlave tradeSlave HoldStillImage