Mary Carver Affair
| Mary Carver Affair | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
An American ship and African warriors at Monrovia, Liberia in 1842. | |||||||
| |||||||
| Belligerents | |||||||
| United States | Bereby | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
| Eben Farwell † | Ben Crack-O | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
| 1 schooner | unknown | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
|
5 killed 1 schooner captured | unknown | ||||||
The Mary Carver Affair occurred in April 1842 when the American merchant ship Mary Carver was attacked by Bereby warriors in canoes near the kraal of Little Bereby Ivory Coast. After the crew was massacred, the natives plundered the ship, provoking a response by warships of the United States Navy's African Slave Trade Patrol.