Events
| Date | Type | |
|---|---|---|
| Royal Navy capture American-built slave ship "Sunny South" off Mozambique | Slavery/Abolition | |
| Royal Navy turns over suspected American slaveship to the United States Navy | Slavery/Abolition | |
| Slave ship captain Nathaniel Gordon executed in New York City as a pirate for slave trading | Lawmaking/Litigating | |
| U.S. Navy captures Baltimore owned slave ship off Cuban coast with five hundred slaves aboard | Slavery/Abolition |