The Huntress (ship)
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The Huntress of New York was a topsail hermaphrodite schooner which transported slaves. The Huntress was the last slave schooner to leave the Congo region.
In March 1865, The Huntress left with a capacity of 200 slaves headed for Louisiana. When the Slave Trade was made illegal in 1808, traders turned to fast ships, largely topsail schooners or brigs, to outrun British frigates guarding the African coast.
"Negro Island" in the Mermentau River
is rumored to have been the location where the slaves died. However, records show the Huntress type vessel landed a cargo of enslaved men and women in Cuba in 1864.
In March 1865, The Huntress left with a capacity of 200 slaves headed for Louisiana. When the Slave Trade was made illegal in 1808, traders turned to fast ships, largely topsail schooners or brigs, to outrun British frigates guarding the African coast.
"Negro Island" in the Mermentau River
Mermentau River
The Mermentau River is a river in southern Louisiana in the United States. It enters the Gulf of Mexico between Calcasieu Lake and Vermilion Bay on the Chenier Coastal Plain.The Mermentau River supplies freshwater for the Mermentau Basin...
is rumored to have been the location where the slaves died. However, records show the Huntress type vessel landed a cargo of enslaved men and women in Cuba in 1864.