Aberdeen Bowâ?? was applied to larger ships and saw its zenith with such tea clippers as "Thermopylae" (Aberdeen 1868) and "Cutty Sark" (Dumbarton 1869). This waterline model of "Scottish Maid ...
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William Wilberforce used the model during the Abolition Campaign to demonstrate the horrors of the Middle Passage.The model was based on an actual slave ship built in Liverpool in 1780-81 and co ...