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The Brown's first invlovement in slave trading
The Borwn family's first recorded invlovement in slave trading came in 1735, when the four brothers' father, Captain James Brown,sent a ship to Africa. The mary, a vessel, was the first slave ship to sail from the Providence. -
The Brown's family second involvement in slave trading
When Nicholas and John came into view, the family's next involvement came in Slave trading. They joined their uncle Obadiah and a few other merchants in outfitting another ship called the Wheel of Fortune. That vessel was captured by the french along with the family's investment. -
Sally left Newport and head out to Africa
On September 10,1764 the vessel, Sally and Captain Hopkins headed out to Africa after much preparing. -
Sally and Captain Hopkins arrived in Africa
On November 10,1764 the vessl Sally landed in West Africa on the coast of what is now Guinea. They made several stops to African leaders in order to develope relationships for the slave trade. It took Captain Hopkins nine months to fill his vessl full of slaves. -
Captain Hopkins bought his last slave
On August 20, 1765 Captain Hopkins bought his last slave. He bought one hundred and ninety six slaves in all and nine of them he had sold to other traders in the area and twenty of the slaves had died. -
Almost half of the slaves died
On November 16, 1765 eighty eight out of the one hundred and ninety six slaves died. Many of the slaves committed suicide and drowned themselves. The remainder of the slaves were sold in the Caribbean for low prices. The trip was a failure, but the Browns were glad that there friend Captain Hopkins survived. -
Slaves rose in rebellion
On August 28,1675 the slaves on the Sally rose in rebellion. Captain Hopkins and the crew fired at the slaves killing eight and wounding several others.
