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31: 1397: 1392: 325:, until a French privateer had captured her earlier that year and taken her into Guadeloupe. Seddon was one of the leading captains of slave ships. Between 1796 he made nine voyages as a captain, sailing six different vessels for two different owners. He died on 8 October 1806, on his ninth voyage while captain of 289:
from Liverpool on 6 January 1807 on what was to have been her fifth voyage transporting enslaved people. She acquired captives at the Rio Pongo, and while there apparently suffered from a mass desertion of her crew. She eventually sailed with a cargo of captives but was unable to deliver them.
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sailed on to Demerara. She had embarked 205 or 208 captives, and she landed 193, for a mortality rate of 6%. She sailed from Demerara on 14 November and arrived at Liverpool on 24 January 1804. She had left Liverpool with 24 crew members and suffered eight crew deaths on her voyage.
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acquired captives, but she delivered them to Saint Vincent on 16 June 1802. There she landed 199 captives. She sailed from St Vincent on 31 July and arrived back at Liverpool on 15 September. She had left Liverpool with 22 crew members and suffered eight crew deaths on her voyage.
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delivered the captives she had gathered to Suriname, where she arrived 7 November. There she landed 204. She left Suriname on 27 January 1805 and arrived back at Liverpool on 29 March. She had left Liverpool with 23 crew members and she suffered 13 crew deaths on the voyage.
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in 1800 with J. French, master, Stevenson, owner, and trade Liverpool−Antigua. The next year it reported that her master had changed from J. French to G. Martin, her owner from "Grcocut" to Rodie & Co., and her trade from Liverpool−Antigua to Liverpool–Africa.
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Captain George Martin sailed from Liverpool on 10 November 1801. In 1800, 133 vessels sailed from British ports, bound to engage in the acquisition and transport of enslaved people; 120 of these vessels sailed from Liverpool.
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Captain John Bradley sailed from Liverpool on 18 July 1804. In 1800, 147 vessels sailed from British ports, bound to engage in the acquisition and transport of enslaved people; 1126 of these vessels sailed from Liverpool.
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Captain Martin sailed from Liverpool on 16 October 1802. In 1802, 155 vessels sailed from British ports, bound to engage in the acquisition and transport of enslaved people; 122 of these vessels sailed from Liverpool.
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then sailed to Demerara, where she landed 168 captives. She sailed for home on 22 May and arrived back at Liverpool on 11 July. She had left Liverpool with 31 crew members and suffered two crew deaths on the voyage.
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During the period 1793 to 1807, war, rather than maritime hazards or resistance by the captives, was the greatest cause of vessel losses among British vessels in the triangular trade.
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in enslaved people. The French captured and burnt her in late 1807 or early 1808 as she was about to deliver the captives from her fifth voyage.
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The Trans Atlantic Slave Trade database reports that almost the entire crew and all the captives were killed. However, the report in
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Inikori, Joseph (1996). "Measuring the unmeasured hazards of the Atlantic slave trade: Documents relating to the British trade".
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acquired captives at the Congo River and arrived at Dutch Guiana on 20 March 1606. There she landed 25 captives.
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History of the Liverpool Privateers and Letters of Marque: With an Account of the Liverpool Slave Trade
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had been taken. Her captors had driven her ashore at Guadeloupe and burnt her.
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on 13 July 1805. He sailed from Liverpool on 3 August 1805.
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4th voyage transporting enslaved people (1805–1806):
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3rd voyage transporting enslaved people (1804–1805):
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2nd voyage transporting enslaved people (1802–1804):
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1st voyage transporting enslaved people (1801–1802):
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No. 4045. 18 April 1806. 238:Captain John Bradley acquired a 29: 1457:Shipwrecks in the Caribbean Sea 708:The Slave Ship: A Human History 296:reported on 12 April 1808 that 1: 1473: 1437:Maritime incidents in 1808 375:(1800), "B" supple. pages. 344:directly contradicts this. 1385: 1309:December (unknown date): 1226:November (unknown date): 865:February (unknown date): 480:, pp. 125 & 139. 132:14 × 6&9-pounder guns 93: 22: 18: 822:January (unknown date): 725:Williams, Gomer (1897). 706:Rediker, Marcus (2007). 1123:August (unknown date): 641:2027/mdp.39015005721488 94:General characteristics 954:April (unknown date): 791:HM Hired armed cutter 191:It is not clear where 1432:Liverpool slave ships 1007:June (unknown date): 209:acquired captives at 987:HM Hired armed ship 671:Behrendt, Stephen D. 60:1801:Rodie & Co. 1241:Gardiner and Joseph 631:"The Marine List". 563:"The Marine List". 540:"The Marine List". 63:1803:Begg & Co. 406:on 20 October 2016 1407: 1406: 573:2027/uc1.c2735022 550:2027/uc1.c2735022 136: 135: 1464: 1452:Scuttled vessels 1399: 1394: 1378: 1368: 1358: 1337: 1315: 1305: 1294: 1283: 1272: 1261: 1250: 1222: 1212: 1202: 1192: 1181: 1170: 1160: 1150: 1140: 1129: 1119: 1109: 1098: 1088: 1078: 1067: 1056: 1045: 1034: 1024: 1013: 1003: 992: 981: 971: 960: 950: 940: 929: 918: 900: 889: 878: 861: 850: 839: 829: 818: 807: 796: 785: 758: 751: 744: 735: 730: 721: 702: 689: 679: 657: 651: 645: 644: 628: 622: 616: 610: 601: 592: 583: 577: 576: 560: 554: 553: 537: 531: 522: 511: 502: 493: 487: 481: 475: 469: 460: 451: 445: 434: 425: 416: 415: 413: 411: 405: 399:. Archived from 398: 390: 377: 373:Lloyd's Register 369: 345: 338: 332: 317: 240:letter of marque 177:Lloyd's Register 161:triangular trade 73:Padstow, or Oban 37: 34: 33: 32: 16: 1472: 1471: 1467: 1466: 1465: 1463: 1462: 1461: 1412: 1411: 1408: 1403: 1381: 1371: 1361: 1351: 1345:Other incidents 1340: 1318: 1308: 1297: 1286: 1275: 1264: 1253: 1225: 1215: 1205: 1195: 1184: 1173: 1163: 1153: 1143: 1132: 1122: 1112: 1101: 1091: 1081: 1070: 1059: 1048: 1037: 1027: 1016: 1006: 995: 984: 974: 963: 953: 943: 932: 921: 903: 892: 881: 864: 853: 842: 832: 821: 810: 799: 788: 778: 767: 762: 729:. W. 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Index

bm
Snow
snow
Oban
Padstow
slave ship
triangular trade
Lloyd's Register
Rio Pongo
letter of marque
Lloyd's List
Jane
Agreeable
Trafalgar




Lloyd's Register (1800), "B" supple. pages.




"Letter of Marque, p.54 - accessed 25 July 2017"
the original


Trans Atlantic Slave Trade Database – Byam voyage #80718.

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