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1776

1776: Shore attack on the boats of the Sophia, bound for Jamaica (voyage 76180)

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On a slaving voyage that ended at Jamaica in 1776, the Sophia had its boats attacked from the shore. The people aboard had been taken at Anomabu, Adja, Agga.

The record gives the numbers as: 273 people were embarked; 236 were landed.

Captain: Bold, Arthur. Flag: Great Britain. 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 76180