The Suppression of the African Slave Trade to the United States of America - Part 58
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~1847.~ ~Fame,~ of New London, Connecticut, lands 700 slaves in Brazil.

_House Exec. Doc._, 30 Cong. 2 sess. VII. No. 61, pp. 5-6, 15-21.

~1847.~ ~Senator,~ of Boston, brings 944 slaves to Brazil. _Ibid._, pp.

5-14.

~1849.~ ~Casco,~ slaver, with no papers; searched, and captured with 420 slaves, by a British cruiser. _Senate Exec. Doc._, 31 Cong. 1 sess. XIV No. 66, p. 13.

~1850.~ ~Martha,~ of New York, captured when about to embark 1800 slaves. The captain was admitted to bail, and escaped. A.H. Foote, _Africa and the American Flag_, pp. 285-92.

~1850.~ ~Lucy Ann,~ of Boston, captured with 547 slaves by the British.

_Senate Exec. Doc._, 31 Cong. 1 sess. XIV No. 66, pp. 1-10 ff.

~1850.~ ~Navarre,~ American slaver, trading to Brazil, searched and finally seized by a British cruiser. _Ibid._

~1850~ (_circa_). ~Louisa Beaton,~ ~Pilot,~ ~Chatsworth,~ ~Meteor,~ ~R.

de Zaldo,~ ~Chester,~ etc., American slavers, searched by British vessels. _Ibid., pa.s.sim._

~1851, Sept. 18.~ ~Illinois~ brings seven kidnapped West India Negro boys into Norfolk, Virginia. _House Exec. Doc._, 34 Cong. 1 sess. XII.

No. 105, pp. 12-14.

~1852-62.~ ----. Twenty-six ships arrested and bonded for slave-trading in the Southern District of New York. _Senate Exec. Doc._, 37 Cong. 2 sess. V. No. 53.

~1852.~ ~Advance~ and ~Rachel P. Brown,~ of New York; the capture of these was hindered by the United States consul in the Cape Verd Islands.

_Ibid._, 34 Cong. 1 sess. XV. No. 99, pp. 41-5; _House Exec. Doc._, 34 Cong. 1 sess. XII. No. 105, pp. 15-19.

~1853.~ ~Silenus,~ of New York, and ~General de Kalb,~ of Baltimore, carry 900 slaves from Africa. _Senate Exec. Doc._, 34 Cong. 1 sess. XV.

No. 99, pp. 46-52; _House Exec. Doc._, 34 Cong. 1 sess. XII. No. 105, pp. 20-26.

~1853.~ ~Jasper~ carries slaves to Cuba. _Senate Exec. Doc._, 34 Cong. 1 sess. XV. No. 99, pp. 52-7.

~1853.~ ~Camargo,~ of Portland, Maine, lands 500 slaves in Brazil.

_Ibid._, 33 Cong. 1 sess. VIII. No. 47.

~1854.~ ~Glamorgan,~ of New York, captured when about to embark nearly 700 slaves. _Ibid._, 34 Cong. 1 sess. XV. No. 99, pp. 59-60.

~1854.~ ~Grey Eagle,~ of Philadelphia, captured off Cuba by British cruiser. _Ibid._, pp. 61-3.

~1854.~ ~Peerless,~ of New York, lands 350 Negroes in Cuba. _Ibid._, p. 66.

~1854.~ ~Oregon,~ of New Orleans, trading to Cuba. _Senate Exec. Doc._, 34 Cong. 1 sess. XV. No. 99, pp. 69-70.

~1856.~ ~Mary E. Smith,~ sailed from Boston in spite of efforts to detain her, and was captured with 387 slaves, by the Brazilian brig Olinda, at port of St. Matthews. _Ibid._, pp. 71-3.

~1857.~ ----. Twenty or more slavers from New York, New Orleans, etc.

_Ibid._, 35 Cong. 1 sess. XII. No. 49, pp. 14-21, 70-1, etc.

~1857.~ ~William Clark~ and ~Jupiter,~ of New Orleans, ~Eliza Jane,~ of New York, ~Jos. H. Record,~ of Newport, and ~Onward,~ of Boston, captured by British cruisers. _Ibid._, pp. 13, 25-6, 69, etc.

~1857.~ ~James Buchanan,~ slaver, escapes under American colors, with 300 slaves. _Ibid._, p. 38.

~1857.~ ~James t.i.ters,~ of New Orleans, with 1200 slaves, captured by British cruiser. _Ibid._, pp. 31-4, 40-1.

~1857.~ ----. Four New Orleans slavers on the African coast. _Senate Exec. Doc._, 35 Cong. 1 sess., XII. No. 49, p. 30.

~1857.~ ~Cortes,~ of New York, captured. _Ibid._, pp. 27-8.

~1857.~ ~Charles,~ of Boston, captured by British cruisers, with about 400 slaves. _Ibid._, pp. 9, 13, 36, 69, etc.

~1857.~ ~Adams Gray~ and ~W.D. Miller,~ of New Orleans, fully equipped slavers. _Ibid._, pp. 3-5, 13.

~1857-8.~ ~Charlotte,~ of New York, ~Charles,~ of Maryland, etc., reported American slavers. _Ibid., pa.s.sim_.

~1858, Aug. 21.~ ~Echo,~ captured with 306 slaves, and brought to Charleston, South Carolina. _House Exec. Doc._, 35 Cong. 2 sess. II. pt.

4, No. 2. pt. 4, pp. 5, 14.

~1858, Sept. 8.~ ~Brothers,~ captured and sent to Charleston, South Carolina. _Ibid._, p. 14.

~1858.~ ~Mobile,~ ~Cortez,~ ~Tropic Bird;~ cases of American slavers searched by British vessels. _Ibid._, 36 Cong. 2 sess. IV. No. 7, p. 97 ff.