1845, May 14. Spitfire, of New Orleans, captured on the coast of Africa, and the captain indicted in Boston. A.H. Foote, Africa and the American Flag, pp. 240-1; Niles’s Register, LXVIII. 192, 224, 248-9.
1845-6. Patuxent, Pons, Robert Wilson, Merchant, and Panther, captured by Commodore Skinner. House Exec. Doc., 31 Cong. 1 sess. IX. No. 73.
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., passim.
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.