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1775

1775: Insurrection aboard the John, bound for Newcastle (voyage 25091)

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On a slaving voyage that ended at Newcastle in 1775, the people aboard the John rose against the crew. They had been taken at Iles de Los.

The record gives the numbers as: 103 people were embarked; 90 were landed.

Captain: Danby, Daniel. 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 25091