The logbook of Captain Robert Norris and excerpts
Log of ‘Unity’ for a slaving voyage. International Slavery Museum. liverpoolmuseums.org.uk/log-of-unity-slaving-voyage
Excerpts
6 June 1770
The slaves made an insurrection which was soon quelled with the loss of two women.
23 June 1770
Died a girl slave, No. 13. The slaves attempted an insurrection, lost a man of Capt Monypenny’s purchase, who jumped over board and was drown’d. Employed securing the men in chains and gave the women concerned 24 lashes each.
26 June 1770
The slaves this day proposed making an insurrection and a few of them got off their handcuffs but were detected in time.
27 June 1770
The slaves attempted to force up the gratings in the Night with a design to murder the whites or drown themselves, but were prevented by the watch. In the morning they confessed their intention and the women as well as the men were determined if disappointed of cutting of the whites, to jump overboard but in case of being prevented by their irons were resolved as their last resource to burn the ship. Their obstinacy put me under the Necessity of shooting the Ring Leader.