Kongen af Assianthe (1797 ship)

Kongen af Assianthe (or Kongen af Assianto) was launched in Sweden in 1797. Her owners, Jeppe Prætorius & Co. transferred her registry to Copenhagen. Between 1797 and 1803 Kongen af Assianthe made three voyages in the triangular trade between Copenhagen, West Africa, the Danish West Indies, and Copenhagen. That is, she was a slave ship, using her middle deck to carry slaves. For Danish vessels, trading African slaves was legal until 1 January 1803 when the 1792 law to abolish the slave trade came into effect. The three voyages were:

Kongen af Assianthe (1797 ship)

Kongen af Assianthe (or Kongen af Assianto) was launched in Sweden in 1797. Her owners, Jeppe Prætorius & Co. transferred her registry to Copenhagen. Between 1797 and 1803 Kongen af Assianthe made three voyages in the triangular trade between Copenhagen, West Africa, the Danish West Indies, and Copenhagen. That is, she was a slave ship, using her middle deck to carry slaves. For Danish vessels, trading African slaves was legal until 1 January 1803 when the 1792 law to abolish the slave trade came into effect. The three voyages were: