1765: Insurrection aboard the Othello, bound for Saint John (voyage 36293)

On a slaving voyage that ended at Saint John in 1765, the people aboard the Othello rose against the crew. They had been taken at Anomabu, Adja, Agga.

The record gives the numbers as: 66 people were embarked; 42 were landed; 24 died on the crossing.

Captain: Rogers, Thomas. 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.