1805: Shore attack on the boats of the Alexander, bound for New Orleans (voyage 80175)

On a slaving voyage that ended at New Orleans in 1805, the Alexander had its boats attacked from the shore. The people aboard had been taken at Congo River.

The record gives the numbers as: 199 people were embarked; 179 were landed.

Captain: Max, James. 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.