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1733

1733: Attack from shore on the Bumper, bound for Lower James River (voyage 25158)

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On a slaving voyage that ended at Lower James River in 1733, the Bumper was attacked from the shore. The people aboard had been taken at Gambia.

The record gives the numbers as: 67 people were embarked; 56 were landed.

Captain: Moore, Samuel. Flag: USA. Recorded outcome, in the database’s words: “sold slaves in Americas – subsequent fate unknown.”

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 25158