1835, March. Enterprise, carrying 78 slaves from the District of Columbia to Charleston, was compelled by rough weather to put into the port of Hamilton, West Indies, where the slaves were freed. Great Britain refused to pay for these, because, before they landed, slavery in the West Indies had been abolished. Ibid.
1836, Aug.-Sept. Emanuel, Dolores, Anaconda, and Viper, built in the United States, clear from Havana for Africa. House Doc., 26 Cong. 2 sess. V. No. 115, pp. 4–6, 221.
1837. ——. Eleven American slavers clear from Havana for Africa. Ibid., p. 221.
1837. Washington, allowed to proceed to Africa by the American consul at Havana. Ibid., pp. 488–90, 715 ff; 27 Cong, 1 sess. No. 34, pp. 18–21.
1838. Prova spends three months refitting in the harbor of Charleston, South Carolina; afterwards captured by the British, with 225 slaves. Ibid., pp. 121, 163–6.
1838. ——. Nineteen American slavers clear from Havana for Africa. House Doc., 26 Cong. 2 sess. V. No. 115, p. 221.
1838–9. Venus, American built, manned partly by Americans, owned by Spaniards. Ibid., pp. 20–2, 106, 124–5, 132, 144–5, 330–2, 475–9.
1839. Morris Cooper, of Philadelphia, lands 485 Negroes in Cuba. Niles's Register, LVII. 192.
1839. Edwin and George Crooks, slavers, boarded by British cruisers. House Doc., 26 Cong. 2 sess. V. No. 115, pp. 12–4, 61–4.