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1754

1754: Shore attack on the boats of the Young Prince George, bound for Charleston (voyage 76344)

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On a slaving voyage that ended at Charleston in 1754, the Young Prince George had its boats attacked from the shore. The people aboard had been taken at Gambia.

The record gives the numbers as: 64 people were embarked; 50 were landed; 14 died on the crossing.

Captain: Rosse, John. Flag: USA. 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 76344