The Alexander brought 350 captive people to Grenada; 342 were recorded as landed. Bristol merchants’ agent records later listed the sale of those survivors. The ship’s surgeon was Alexander Falconbridge, who later published an abolitionist account of the trade; his writing is valuable but remains an observer’s account rather than the captives’ own testimony.
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What is notable about the Alexander Falconbridge associated with the 1787 Alexander voyage?
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Falconbridge's later account is valuable but is not the captives' own testimony.
Alexander Falconbridge later wrote about the slave trade after working as a ship's surgeon.
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His later abolitionist account is a witness source, not the captives' own testimony.