Creole Case - Crew and Passengers On The Creole

Crew and Passengers On The Creole

Officers:

  • Robert Ensor, of Richmond, VA, captain, wounded
  • Zephaniah C. Gifford, first mate, wounded
  • Lucius Stevens, second mate

Crew:

  • Blinn Curtis, Owls Head, Maine, wounded
  • William Devereux, free man of color, cook and steward
  • Francis Foxwell
  • Jacques Lacombe, Leconte or Lecompte, French helmsman
  • Jacob Leitener, Prussian cook
  • John Silvy (Antonio)
  • Henry Sperk or Speck

Passengers:

  • Captain's wife, baby and niece
  • John R. Hewell, slave trader, killed
  • Thomas McCargo, slave trader
  • Theophilus J. D. McCargo, nephew of Thomas
  • Lewis, an old slave of Thomas McCargo
  • William Henry Merritt, slave trader
  • Jacob Miller

Leaders of the slave revolt:

  • Madison Washington
  • Ben Blacksmith
  • Elijah Morris
  • Doc Ruffin

Participants:

  • Pompey Garrison
  • George Portlock
  • Tyler
  • Addison
  • T. Smallwood
  • William Glover
  • America Woodis
  • George Benton
  • Adam Carney
  • Reuben Knight
  • Jordan Philips

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