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The New Hampshire Gazette And Historical Chronicle
Portsmouth, Greenland, Rockingham County, New Hampshire
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Deposition of William Harry recounts a 1765 voyage from Bristol on sloop William to Africa for slave trading, where crew members Stephen Porter and Richard Hancock murdered Captain John Wetcot and the mate, leading to shipwreck on the Isle of Man and sale of slaves to Portuguese.
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That he sailed from Bristol in June 1765, on board the Sloop William, for the Coast of Africa, John Wetcot, master, where they continued 18 months, purchasing slaves for themselves and a Brig, and afterwards proceeded for St. Kitts;
that soon after they had left the coast, the Captain for some reason beat and knocked down a seaman named Stephen Porter;
that the next night between 11 and 12, the said Porter and Richard Hancock murdered the captain and mate with a broad ax, when asleep;
that the sloop was afterwards cast away on the isle of Man, and the slaves were sold to the Portuguese for fifty dollars a head.
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Sloop William, From Bristol To Coast Of Africa To St. Kitts, Wrecked On Isle Of Man
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June 1765, Continued 18 Months
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Voyage from Bristol in June 1765 on sloop William to Africa for 18 months slave purchasing, then to St. Kitts; captain beats seaman Porter, who with Hancock murders captain and mate with axe; sloop wrecks on Isle of Man, slaves sold to Portuguese.