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1727

1727: Insurrection aboard the Saint Michael, bound for Buenos Aires (voyage 76203)

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On a slaving voyage that ended at Buenos Aires in 1727, the people aboard the Saint Michael rose against the crew. They had been taken at Madagascar.

The record gives the numbers as: 412 people were embarked; 340 were landed; 72 died on the crossing.

Captain: Burnham, Charles. Flag: Great Britain. Recorded outcome, in the database’s words: “voyage completed as intended.”

Resistance is recorded only where a surviving document mentions it. The 571 such acts in the record are a floor. Silence in that column is silence in the archive. It says nothing about calm on the ship.

Source SlaveVoyages, Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade Database, voyage 76203