Which preposition to use with steerage

of Occurrences 4%

He had left the United States a slave before the law, denied every civil right and every social privilege, literally a man without a country, and forced to cross the Atlantic among the cattle in the steerage of the steamboat.

during Occurrences 1%

He made frequent visits to the steerage during the long voyage, and always had something comforting and cheering to say to the poor souls.

in Occurrences 1%

Turning over the picture of the ark with too much haste, I unhappily made a breach in its ingenious fabricdriving my inconsiderate fingers right through the two larger quadrupedsthe elephant, and the camelthat stare (as well they might) out of the two last windows next the steerage in that unique piece of naval architecture.

on Occurrences 1%

They were as plain as the steerage on a liner.

with Occurrences 1%

I first made a little out to sea, full north, till I began to feel the benefit of the current, which set eastward, and which carried me at a great rate; and yet did not so hurry me as the current on the south side had done before, so as to take from me all government of the boat; but having a strong steerage with my paddle, I went at a great rate directly for the wreck, and in less than two hours I came up to it.

Which preposition to use with  steerage