The 1723 Slave Mutiny on the Elizabeth: A Caribbean Revolt Aborted

In 1723, the slave ship Elizabeth left the Gold Coast for Barbados with 143 captives. Three days out, the Africans broke their shackles, seized weapons, and nearly took the vessel. The crew's bloody counterattack killed dozens. This episode reconstructs the little-known mutiny from ship logs, court records, and oral traditions of the Asante and Fante peoples whose sons and daughters led the uprising. We explore how the captives smuggled gunpowder, the role of a Coromantee leader named Cudjoe (not to be confused with the Maroon leader), and why the Royal African Court in London sentenced the surviving rebels to be burned alive. The Elizabeth mutiny reveals the constant, desperate resistance that accompanied every slave voyage — and the astonishing coordination required to stage a revolt on a ship designed to prevent one. #SlaveShipMutiny #Elizabeth1723 #Coromantee #GoldCoast #Barbados #RoyalAfricanCompany #Cudjoe #Asante #Fante #SlaveTradeHistory #AtlanticWorld #18thCentury #MaritimeHistory #AfricanDiaspora #Resistance #History #FexingoHistory #AdFree Keep every episode free: buymeacoffee.com/fexingo