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 * Social Work
 * occupation that helps groups of people or person with how they are socially in the community
 * need a degree to practice/ Bachelor degree of Social Services
 * developed in the 1800s
 * many different branches of social work

Slave Ships

"The "Trouvadore" Project: The Search for a Slave Ship and Its Cultural Importance.

- Britain


 * Britain was not allowed to participate in the African slave trade/transportation via Parliament but still did
 * British started to protect African rights and went after slave ships 1808
 * 1807-1860 Britain caught 1,600 ships and 160,000 Africans were freed

Trouvadore


 * Trouvadore was a ship that wrecked in 1841
 * went a long/out of the way route when it crashed
 * was a Spanish ship but was taken over by Portuguese when the spaniards died on the way to Africa
 * Final destination was set as Cuba
 * wrecked at Breezy Point
 * everyone survived the wreck, 15 slaves escaped in the wreck and one was shot dead trying to escape
 * all but 20 of the remaining slaves were taken to work on salt mines in Turks and Caicos
 * They were given clothes and medical care for there work, taught English and were to go to church (kids went to Sunday school)
 * the 20 other slaves were taken to Nassau and it was not documented what happened to them after they were taken

The Allotment


 * limit to slaves allowed on a ship had a calculation and formulas
 * worst conditions then any other human transportation
 * want to find a better calculation then just slave per ton
 * Equation 1 is the rule for how many tons they can have on the ship per ship (photo 1&2)
 * Equation 2 brings in the different volumes and surface ares (photos 3&4)
 * discovered problems between area and volume of the ships for equation 1 while equation 2 had fewer errors

Between 1807-1860 British vessels would capture slave ships and free the slaves. They captured 1,600 ships and freed 160,000 slaves in this time.

Calculations
Slaves are crammed onto the ships under horrible conditions. They were tightly packed, eventually formulas were created to figure out the highest number of slaves that could fit on each ship.

Formula 1 was used to find how many tons (of slaves) they can have on the ship per each ship:

- Tonnage Per Ship=(Keel Length) x (Inside Beam) x (Depth of Hold)/94

Formula 2 brings in the different volumes and surface areas on each ship:

- Deck Area= Constant x (Tonnage)^(2/3)

When tested it was discovered that formula two had a lower amount of errors and only 6% deviation.