1790-Aug.: A well-known enslaved sailor named William disappeared from the drogger that employed him in Grena

1790-Aug.: A well-known enslaved sailor named William disappeared from the drogger that employed him in Grenada. Late that same year, an enslaved crew aboard the sloop Nancy mutinied against their captain and took over the vessel. This rebellious crew included a native of Nevis, a sailor of the Congo nation, and two men from Virginia. Jeremiah Neale, who claimed to own them, published detailed descriptions of the “pirates” in newspapers from Jamaica to Grenada in a desperate attempt to recover them. Such mutinies demonstrated how black maritime workers used their privileged knowledge of navigation to secure collective liberty.