EVENT INFORMATION

15
January
1862

The slave ship Thomas Acorn arrived with enslaved Africans in Cuba. About 327 people had been taken aboard and approximately 271 arrived.

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📅 15 January 1862 📍 Cuba

Vessel: Thomas Acorn; flag: U.S.A.; rig: Brigantine; estimated standardized tonnage: 250. Principal recorded place where captives were acquired: Whydah, Ouidah (Bight of Benin). Principal recorded disembarkation place: Cuba, port unspecified. Recorded duration of the captives' Atlantic crossing: 48 days. Recorded outcome: Captured by Spanish - after disembarkation.

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