Published in the June 2, 1860 issue of Harper's Weekly, The Slave Deck of the Bark "Wildfire" illustrated how Africans travelled on the upper deck of the ship. On board the ship were 510 captives ...

The last ship known to have smuggled slaves from Africa ... The US banned the importation of slaves in 1808, but the slave trade carried on beyond this date as there was still demand for workers ...