Capture of the brig Brillante

The Capture of the brig Brillante occurred around 1832 and was considered a significant feat in the Blockade of Africa. Brillante was a slave ship that the British Royal Navy succeeded in capturing after two failed attempts. The brig had a crew of sixty men and was armed with ten guns. Brillante was under the command of an English captain named Homans when she was seized. Homans was an experienced slaver who in ten cruises had landed 5,000 slaves on the coasts of Brazil and Cuba. Brillante reportedly fought at least two battles against the British anti-slavery patrols. She allegedly forced the crew of one British cruiser to abandon ship after a bloody action and on a different occasion, she repulsed boats from a Royal Navy sloop-of-war.

Finally, four navy vessels trapped Brillante by surrounding her. Just before his capture, Captain Homans murdered around 600 slaves by ordering that their hands be tied to the ship's anchor and that they be thrown over the side. The Britons who captured the ship arrived just after the incident and took control without resistance.^[1][2][3]

Capture of the brig Brillante
Part of the Suppression of the Slave Trade
"Slave Trade in Africa"
Date 1832 Location off West Africa, Atlantic Ocean Result British victory, Brillante captured.
Belligerents
United Kingdom	African Slave Traders

See also

• USS Nightingale (1851)
• Lady Washington

Citations and references

Citations

1. ^ Spears, pg. 145-146
2. ^ Soodalter, pg. 21
3. ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-10-05. Retrieved 2011-04-25.CS1 maint: Archived copy as title (link)

References

• Spears, R. John (1900). The American slave-trade: an account of its origin, growth and suppression. University of California: C. Scribner's Sons.
• Soodalter, Ron (2006). Hanging Captain Gordon: the life and trial of an American slave trader. Simon and Schuster Publishing. ISBN 0-7432-6727-3.

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Eli Boggs

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Emanuel Wynn

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Fancy (ship)

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George Lowther (pirate)

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List of privateers

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Notable privateers included:

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Gödeke Michels (leader of the Likedeelers) 1360–1401

Klaus Störtebeker, Wismar, (leader of the Likedeelers), 1360–1401

Didrik Pining, German, c. 1428–1491

Paul Beneke, German, born in Hanseatic City of Danzig, Pomerelia c. 1440s–1490s

Kemal Reis, Turkish, c. 1451–1511

Oruç Reis (Barbarossa), Turkish, c. 1474–1518

Barbarossa Hayreddin Pasha, Turkish, 1478–1546

Turgut Reis (Dragut), Turkish, c. 1485–1565

Timoji, Hindu, 1496–1513

Murat Reis the Older, Turkish, c. 1506–1609

Sir Francis Drake, English, c. 1540–1596

Sir George Somers, English 1554–1610

Captain Christopher Newport, English, c. 1561–1617

Magnus Heinason, Faroese, c. 1568–1578 privateer in Dutch service under the Dutch revolt and 1580s, and privateer and merchant in Danish service on the Faroe Islands c. 1578–1589

Piet Hein, Dutch, 1577–1629

Alonso de Contreras, Spanish, 1582–1641, privateer against the Turks under the banner of the Order of Malta and later commanded Spanish ships

James Erisey, English, 1585–1590s

Peter Easton, England/Newfoundland, c. 1611–1614

Sir Henry Morgan, Welsh, 1635–1688

Jean Bart, French, 1651–1702

William Dampier, English, 1652–1715

Nicolas Baeteman, Dunkirker 1659–1720

Alexander Dalzeel, Scotland, c. 1662–1715

René Duguay-Trouin, French, 1673–1736

Kanhoji Angre, Maratha, 1698–1729

Lars Gathenhielm, Swedish, 1710–1718

Ingela Gathenhielm, Swedish, 1710/18–1721

Fortunatus Wright, English of Liverpool, 1712–1757

David Hawley, colonial United States, 1741–1807

Jonathan Haraden, colonial United States, 1744–1803

William Death, English, 1756

Alexander Godfrey, colonial Nova Scotia, 1756–1803

Jose Campuzano-Polanco, colonial Santo Domingo, 1689-1760

Etienne Pellot, aka "the Basque Fox", French, 1765–1856

Noah Stoddard, United States, 1755-1850

Robert Surcouf, French, 1773–1827

David McCullough, colonial United States, 1777-1778

Jean Gaspard Vence, French, –1783

Joseph Barss, Colonial Nova Scotia, 1776–1824

Jean Lafitte 1776–1854, French Louisiana hero in the Gulf of Mexico

John Ordronaux (privateer), United States, 1778–1841

Ephraim Sturdivant, United States, 1782–1868

Hipólito Bouchard, Argentina, 1783–1843

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Otway Burns, North Carolina, United States 1775–1850

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