1804: Shore attack on the boats of the Elizabeth, bound for Kingston (voyage 81227)

On a slaving voyage that ended at Kingston in 1804, the Elizabeth had its boats attacked from the shore. The people aboard had been taken at Bight of Biafra and Gulf of Guinea Islands.

The record gives the numbers as: 244 people were embarked; 219 were landed.

Captain: Cowen, William. 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.