| 词条 | Lord Ligonier (slave ship) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The Lord Ligonier was an 18th-century British slave ship built in New England that unloaded slaves in Annapolis, Maryland in 1767. The ship was made famous by Alex Haley's novel, The Saga of an American Family, in which it brought his ancestor, Kunta Kinte, from The Gambia to the colonial United States. ConstructionLord Ligonier was originally laid down in 1763. The ship was built for hauling cargo such as slaves, tobacco, spice, and lumber. In June 1765 the ship's owner, Horace Andrews, hired a crew of 40 men and a captain named Davies. The ship had six decks in all, four for carrying slaves and two for hauling spice, lumber, and tobacco. Lord Ligonier was a sailing ship, built to weather Atlantic storms. It could carry 170 slaves, 40 crew members, and various amounts of other cargo. Although it could carry 170 slaves if they were packed in sideways, the ship's capacity was reduced to 140 when they lay on their backs. 1767 voyage and RootsA surviving advertisement[2] records the arrival of the ship with a cargo of slaves at Annapolis in 1767. The ship was the basis for Alex Haley's assertion in his novel, The Saga of an American Family, that his ancestor, Kunta Kinte, was brought on that voyage. The miniseries based on the book invented a failed slave uprising during the voyage. This is the only voyage of the Lord Ligonier recorded in the Trans Atlantic Slave Trade Database (Voyage 75775).[1] FateThe Lord Ligonier{{'}}s subsequent fate is unknown. There is proof that it sailed on another slave voyage but nothing is known of it. The Lord Ligonier was probably sold for scrap timber after the owner's death.{{OR|date=March 2016}} See also
References1. ^1 2 3 4 5 6 {{Cite web| title = Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade Database, Search the Voyages Database, Lord Ligonier| accessdate = 2013-02-15| url = http://slavevoyages.org/tast/database/search.faces?yearFrom=1514&yearTo=1866&shipname=Lord+Ligonier}} 2. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.kintehaley.org/testsite/roots/|title=Reproduction of 1767 advertisement announcing arrival at Annapolis|publisher=The Kunta Kinte - Alex Haley Foundation, Inc.|accessdate=7 October 2013}} 5 : 1765 ships|African-American history in Annapolis, Maryland|Gambian-American history|Slave ships|History of the Gambia |
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