The Suppression of the African Slave Trade to the United States of America eBook

This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 426 pages of information about The Suppression of the African Slave Trade to the United States of America.

The Suppression of the African Slave Trade to the United States of America eBook

This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 426 pages of information about The Suppression of the African Slave Trade to the United States of America.

1834, Feb. 4. Encomium, bound from Charleston, South Carolina, to New Orleans, with 45 slaves, was wrecked near Fish Key, Abaco, and slaves were carried to Nassau and freed.  Great Britain eventually paid indemnity for these slaves. Ibid.

1835, March. Enterprise, carrying 78 slaves from the District of Columbia to Charleston, was compelled by rough weather to put into the port of Hamilton, West Indies, where the slaves were freed.  Great Britain refused to pay for these, because, before they landed, slavery in the West Indies had been abolished. Ibid.

1836, Aug.-Sept. Emanuel, Dolores, Anaconda, and Viper, built in the United States, clear from Havana for Africa. House Doc., 26 Cong. 2 sess.  V. No. 115, pp. 4-6, 221.

1837. ——.  Eleven American slavers clear from Havana for Africa. Ibid., p. 221.

1837. Washington, allowed to proceed to Africa by the American consul at Havana. Ibid., pp. 488-90, 715 ff; 27 Cong, 1 sess.  No. 34, pp. 18-21.

1838. Prova spends three months refitting in the harbor of Charleston, South Carolina; afterwards captured by the British, with 225 slaves. Ibid., pp. 121, 163-6.

1838. ——.  Nineteen American slavers clear from Havana for Africa. House Doc., 26 Cong. 2 sess.  V. No. 115, p. 221.

1838-9. Venus, American built, manned partly by Americans, owned by Spaniards. Ibid., pp. 20-2, 106, 124-5, 132, 144-5, 330-2, 475-9.

1839. Morris Cooper, of Philadelphia, lands 485 Negroes in Cuba. Niles’s Register, LVII. 192.

1839. Edwin and George Crooks, slavers, boarded by British cruisers. House Doc., 26 Cong. 2 sess.  V. No. 115, pp. 12-4, 61-4.

1839. Eagle, Clara, and Wyoming, with American and Spanish flags and papers and an American crew, captured by British cruisers, and brought to New York.  The United States government declined to interfere in case of the Eagle and the Clara, and they were taken to Jamaica.  The Wyoming was forfeited to the United States. Ibid., pp. 92-104, 109, 112, 118-9, 180-4; Niles’s Register, LVI. 256; LVII. 128, 208.

1839. Florida, protected from British cruisers by American papers. House Doc., 26 Cong. 2 sess.  V. No. 115, pp. 113-5.

1839. ——.  Five American slavers arrive at Havana from Africa, under American flags. Ibid., p. 192.

1839. ——.  Twenty-three American slavers clear from Havana. Ibid., pp. 190-1, 221.

1839. Rebecca, part Spanish, condemned at Sierra Leone. House Reports, 27 Cong. 3 sess.  III.  No. 283, pp. 649-54, 675-84.

1839. Douglas and Iago, American slavers, visited by British cruisers, for which the United States demanded indemnity. Ibid., pp. 542-65, 731-55; Senate Doc., 29 Cong. 1 sess.  VIII.  No. 377, pp. 39-45, 107-12, 116-24, 160-1, 181-2.

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