4362 – Wildfire (1859 – 1860) | The Register of British Slave-Traders (staging)

3.1 million enslaved people trafficked to the British colonies

Voyage ID: 4362

Was this a corporate crossing: No

Vessel

Name: Wildfire

Flags: usa

Tonnage: 337.0

Journey

Departure Year: 1859

Departure Location: New York

Arrival Year: 1860

Arrival Location: /

Enslaved people

Principal purchase location: Congo River

Principal landing location: Key West

Number embarked: 650

Number disembarked: 507

Number of deaths: 143

Outcome

Captured by United States with slaves

Sources

IUP,ST,47/B/107<>Great Britain, Irish University Press Series of British Parliamentary Papers: Slave Trade, vols. 1-90 (Shannon, 1969-74)., Howard,214-62<>Howard, Warren S., American Slaves and Federal Law, 1837-1862 (Berkeley, CA, 1963), HED,36-2,7:450,517<>United States Congress, House Executive Document, 27-1, 34; 30-2, 671; 35-2, 104; 36-2, 7., FO84/1086,Archibald,59.12.15<>BNA (Kew), Foreign Office, IUP,ST,47/A/21,22<>Great Britain, Irish University Press Series of British Parliamentary Papers: Slave Trade, vols. 1-90 (Shannon, 1969-74)., HarpersWeekly,60.06.02.<>Harper's Weekly

Individuals

No information