Union (1796 ship)

Union was a vessel acquired in 1796 by owners in Liverpool. Captain Archibald Galbraith sailed from Liverpool on 2 August 1796, bound for West Africa to engage in the triangular trade in enslaved people.[1] Lloyd's List reported in March 1797 that a French squadron under "Renier" had captured Bell, Thompson, master, Falmouth, Pearson, master, and Union, Galbraith, master, on the African Windward Coast. The French then gave Falmouth up to the crews.[2]

For other ships with the same name, see List of ships named Union.

History
Great Britain
NameUnion
OwnerJohn Dawson & John Rackham[1]
Acquiredcirca 1796
Capturedcirca 1797
General characteristics
Tons burthen95[1] (bm)

Earlier, Galbraith had been captain of the slave ships Brothers, which the French had captured, and Chaser, which was condemned in West Africa on her first voyage before she could embark any enslaved people. After Union he went on to be captain of Goodrich on the third of her seven voyages as a slave ship. The Liverpool merchant John Dawson was the or an owner of Brothers, Chaser, and Union.[lower-alpha 1]

Notes
  1. Between 1783 and 1792, the firm of Peter Baker and John Dawson was the largest firm in Great Britain in the slave trade.[3] Dawson went bankrupt in 1793, but afterwards returned to the slave trade.

Citations
  1. Trans Atlantic Slave Trade Database – Union voyage #83891.
  2. "The Marine List". Lloyd's List. No. 2911. 31 March 1797.
  3. Behrendt (1990), pp. 104–105.

References
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.