P_10433_1342 – Jonathan Gorham Fitch
Jonathan Gorham Fitch (d. 1822), mariner, a United States subject and shown as owner-captain of a voyage from London by the Mendon to Loango and Dominica in 1806 alongside Mungo Mackay (q.v.) (in fact, Fitch claimed to have chartered the ship and to have been the sole owner of the trade-goods and implicitly of the captive African people; the ship arrived in Dominica having been captured by the British).
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First name: Jonathan Gorham
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Last name: Fitch
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Primary cohort: London
Sex: Male
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Foreign born: Yes
Born in Nantucket, probably c. 1776.
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Sources: Donnan, Documents Illustrative of the history of the Slave Trade to America Vol. III pp. 102-106. University of Michigan, William L. Clements Library, Fitch family collection, https://quod.lib.umich.edu/c/clementsead/umich-wcl-M-3458.1fit?id=navbarbrowselink;view=text
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Crossings (1)
25312 - Mendon (1806 - 1807)
Role: Captain-owner
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Date: 1822
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Hornchurch (Essex)
Learn moreOccupation: Mariner (Labourer)
Mariner-merchant, based in London c. 1806.
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Was slave trading profitable: Don't know
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