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  2. James Riley (captain) - Wikipedia

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    Once back on American shores, Riley devoted himself to anti-slavery work but eventually returned to a life at sea.. He died March 13, 1840, on his vessel the Brig William Tell which he was sailing from New York to "St. Thomas in the Caribbean" [a] [5] "of disease caused by unparalleled suffering more than twenty years previous during his shipwreck and captivity on the desert of Sahara".

  3. List of slave ships - Wikipedia

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    Fletcher, 1771-1783 ship owned by John Fletcher of London and mastered by Peleg Clarke of Newport, Rhode Island carried tea [19] to the colonies and slaves to Jamaica. [20] Fredensborg, Danish slave ship, sank in 1768 off Tromøya in Norway, after a journey in the triangular trade. Leif Svalesen wrote a book about the journey.

  4. List of slave owners - Wikipedia

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    This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources. The following is a list of notable people who owned other people as slaves, where there is a consensus of historical evidence of slave ownership, in alphabetical order by last name. Part of a series on Forced labour and slavery Contemporary ...

  5. Justice Department sues Dali shipowner for $100 million over ...

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    The Justice Department sued the owner of container ship Dali for $100 million for ramming and toppling the Key Bridge in Baltimore. ... More than 50 federal and state agencies coordinated to ...

  6. History of slavery in Louisiana - Wikipedia

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    Exhibit inside the Slavery Museum at Whitney Plantation Historic District, St. John the Baptist Parish, Louisiana. Following Robert Cavelier de La Salle establishing the French claim to the territory and the introduction of the name Louisiana, the first settlements in the southernmost portion of Louisiana (New France) were developed at present-day Biloxi (1699), Mobile (1702), Natchitoches ...

  7. List of slave traders of the United States - Wikipedia

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    Antebellum city directories from slave states can be valuable primary sources on the trade; slave dealers listed in the 1855 directory of Memphis, Tennessee, included Bolton & Dickens, Forrest & Maples operating at 87 Adams, Neville & Cunningham, and Byrd Hill Slave depots, including ones owned by Mason Harwell and Thomas Powell, listed in the ...

  8. After months stuck on the Dali, most crew members will ... - AOL

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    Twelve weeks after the Dali cargo ship lost power and crashed into a famed Baltimore bridge, the mammoth vessel will soon leave for repairs – with only a handful of crew on board.

  9. Baltimore accuses the owner and operator of Dali ship that ...

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    The Dali, which at the time of the accident was carrying 4,700 shipping containers, is owned by Singapore-based Grace Ocean Private Ltd. and managed by Synergy Marine Pte Ltd.