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1800

1800: Insurrection aboard the Willy Tom Robin, bound for Martinique (voyage 84072)

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On a slaving voyage that ended at Martinique in 1800, the people aboard the Willy Tom Robin rose against the crew. They had been taken at West Central Africa and St. Helena.

The record gives the numbers as: 121 people were embarked; 112 were landed.

Captain: Kain, Edward. 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 84072