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1763

1763: Insurrection aboard the Black Prince, bound for Saint John (voyage 17522)

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On a slaving voyage that ended at Saint John in 1763, the people aboard the Black Prince rose against the crew. They had been taken at Cape Coast Castle.

The record gives the numbers as: 438 people were embarked; 394 were landed; 44 died on the crossing.

Captain: Miller, William. 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 17522