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Enterprise (slave ship)

Index Enterprise (slave ship)

The Enterprise was a United States merchant vessel active in the coastwise slave trade in the early 19th century along the Atlantic Coast. [1]

40 relations: Alexandria, Virginia, American Colonization Society, Baron Ashburton, Brig, Brigantine, British West Indies, Charleston, South Carolina, Christopher Robinson (judge), Coastwise slave trade, Consul, Creole case, Daniel Webster, Deep South, Freedman, Friendly society, Habeas corpus, Hamilton, Bermuda, Hermosa (slave ship), Jamaica, Kingston, Jamaica, La Amistad, Marine salvage, Nassau, Bahamas, Norfolk, Virginia, Presidency of Martin Van Buren, Richmond Times-Dispatch, Royal Navy, Salem Gazette, Savanna-la-Mar, Schooner, Slave rebellion, Slave ship, Slavery Abolition Act 1833, Supreme Court of the United States, Tall ship, The Bahamas, The Royal Gazette (Bermuda), United States v. The Amistad, Webster–Ashburton Treaty, West Africa Squadron.

Alexandria, Virginia

Alexandria is an independent city in the Commonwealth of Virginia in the United States.

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American Colonization Society

The Society for the Colonization of Free People of Color of America, commonly known as the American Colonization Society (ACS), was a group established in 1816 by Robert Finley of New Jersey which supported the migration of free African Americans to the continent of Africa.

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Baron Ashburton

Baron Ashburton, of Ashburton in the County of Devon, is a title that has been created twice, once in the Peerage of Great Britain and once in the Peerage of the United Kingdom.

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Brig

A brig is a sailing vessel with two square-rigged masts.

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Brigantine

A brigantine was a two-masted sailing vessel with a fully square rigged foremast and at least two sails on the main mast: a square topsail and a gaff sail mainsail (behind the mast).

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British West Indies

The British West Indies, sometimes abbreviated to the BWI, is a collective term for the British territories in the Caribbean: Anguilla, Bermuda, the Cayman Islands, Turks and Caicos Islands, Montserrat and the British Virgin Islands.

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Charleston, South Carolina

Charleston is the oldest and largest city in the U.S. state of South Carolina, the county seat of Charleston County, and the principal city in the Charleston–North Charleston–Summerville Metropolitan Statistical Area.

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Christopher Robinson (judge)

Sir Christopher Robinson (1766–1833), admiralty lawyer, and judge of the high court of admiralty.

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Coastwise slave trade

The coastwise slave trade existed along the eastern coastal areas of the United States in the antebellum years prior to 1861.

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Consul

Consul (abbrev. cos.; Latin plural consules) was the title of one of the chief magistrates of the Roman Republic, and subsequently a somewhat significant title under the Roman Empire.

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Creole case

The Creole case was the result of an American slave revolt in November 1841 on board the Creole, a ship involved in the United States coastwise slave trade.

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Daniel Webster

Daniel Webster (January 18, 1782October 24, 1852) was an American politician who represented New Hampshire (1813–1817) and Massachusetts (1823–1827) in the United States House of Representatives; served as a Senator from Massachusetts (1827–1841, 1845–1850); and was the United States Secretary of State under Presidents William Henry Harrison (1841), John Tyler (1841–1843), and Millard Fillmore (1850–1852).

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Deep South

The Deep South is a cultural and geographic subregion in the Southern United States.

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Freedman

A freedman or freedwoman is a former slave who has been released from slavery, usually by legal means.

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Friendly society

A friendly society (sometimes called a mutual society, benevolent society, fraternal organization or ROSCA) is a mutual association for the purposes of insurance, pensions, savings or cooperative banking.

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Habeas corpus

Habeas corpus (Medieval Latin meaning literally "that you have the body") is a recourse in law through which a person can report an unlawful detention or imprisonment to a court and request that the court order the custodian of the person, usually a prison official, to bring the prisoner to court, to determine whether the detention is lawful.

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Hamilton, Bermuda

Hamilton is the capital of the British Overseas Territory of Bermuda.

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Hermosa (slave ship)

The Hermosa was a schooner whose 1840 grounding in the Bahamas led to a controversy between the US and Britain over the 38 slaves who had been on board the ship.

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Jamaica

Jamaica is an island country situated in the Caribbean Sea.

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Kingston, Jamaica

Kingston is the capital and largest city of Jamaica, located on the southeastern coast of the island.

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La Amistad

La Amistad (Spanish for Friendship) was a 19th-century two-masted schooner, owned by a Spaniard living in Cuba.

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Marine salvage

Marine salvage is the process of recovering a ship and its cargo after a shipwreck or other maritime casualty.

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Nassau, Bahamas

Nassau is the capital and commercial centre of the Commonwealth of the Bahamas.

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Norfolk, Virginia

Norfolk is an independent city in the Commonwealth of Virginia in the United States.

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Presidency of Martin Van Buren

The presidency of Martin Van Buren began on March 4, 1837, when Martin Van Buren was inaugurated as President of the United States, and ended on March 4, 1841.

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Richmond Times-Dispatch

The Richmond Times-Dispatch (RTD or TD for short) is the primary daily newspaper in Richmond, the capital of Virginia, United States.

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Royal Navy

The Royal Navy (RN) is the United Kingdom's naval warfare force.

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Salem Gazette

The Salem Gazette is a newspaper that has been published since 1790 through today.

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Savanna-la-Mar

Savanna-la-Mar (commonly known as Sav-la-Mar, or simply Sav) is the chief town and capital of Westmoreland Parish, Jamaica.

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Schooner

A schooner is a type of sailing vessel with fore-and-aft sails on two or more masts.

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Slave rebellion

A slave rebellion is an armed uprising by slaves.

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Slave ship

Slave ships were large cargo ships specially converted for the purpose of transporting slaves.

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Slavery Abolition Act 1833

The Slavery Abolition Act 1833 (3 & 4 Will. IV c. 73) abolished slavery throughout the British Empire.

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Supreme Court of the United States

The Supreme Court of the United States (sometimes colloquially referred to by the acronym SCOTUS) is the highest federal court of the United States.

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Tall ship

A tall ship is a large, traditionally-rigged sailing vessel.

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The Bahamas

The Bahamas, known officially as the Commonwealth of The Bahamas, is an archipelagic state within the Lucayan Archipelago.

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The Royal Gazette (Bermuda)

The Royal Gazette, is a Bermudian English-language daily newspaper.

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United States v. The Amistad

United States v. Schooner Amistad,, was a United States Supreme Court case resulting from the rebellion of Africans on board the Spanish schooner La Amistad in 1839.

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Webster–Ashburton Treaty

The Webster–Ashburton Treaty, signed August 9, 1842, was a treaty that resolved several border issues between the United States and the British North American colonies (the region that became Canada).

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West Africa Squadron

The Royal Navy established the West Africa Squadron at substantial expense in 1808 after Parliament passed the Slave Trade Act of 1807.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enterprise_(slave_ship)

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