Catalogue description Printed prize appeal from the Vice-Admiralty Court of Antigua. Captured ship: Margaret...
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Reference: | HCA 45/62/14 |
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Description: |
Printed prize appeal from the Vice-Admiralty Court of Antigua. Captured ship: Margaret (master William Milberry). Nationality: American. History: a slave trader, first bound from Goree in Africa to Montevideo, laden with 57 enslaved people; now bound from Montevideo to Charleston, laden with dried beef; taken on 5 March 1807 by HMS Hippomenes (Edward Home Woolcombe commanding), and brought into Antigua. Appellant: Simon Frazer merchant of London on behalf of Margaret D Schutt widow and merchant of Charleston, for the ship and cargo. Respondent: The captor and HMPG. Bound printed appeal with manuscript decree of 21 March 1811 (folios 201-211) [no folio 212]. Decision: ship and cargo condemned as lawful prize. Folios 201-208: further proof, including details of sanitation arrangements for the slaves; Folio 208: decree; Folios 209-211: additional appendix |
Date: | 1811 |
Held by: | The National Archives, Kew |
Legal status: | Public Record(s) |
Closure status: | Open Document, Open Description |
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