 The image portrayed slaves arranged on the ship's lower deck and poop deck, in accordance with the Regulated Slave Trade Act of 1788.The "Brookes" was reportedly allowed to stow 454 African slaves, by allowing a space of by to each man; by to each woman, and by to each child.However, the poster's text alleges that a slave trader confessed that before the Act, the "Brookes" had carried as many as 609 slaves at one time.