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1754

1754: Insurrection aboard the Levrette (voyage 30658)

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On a slaving voyage in 1754, the people aboard the Levrette rose against the crew. They had been taken at Gold Coast.

The record gives the numbers as: 145 people were embarked; 125 were landed.

Captain: Marchais, Julien. Flag: France. Recorded outcome, in the database’s words: “sold.”

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 30658