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The Brown's family's first slave ship sent to Africa. The vessel, the Mary, was the first slave ship to slave from Providence
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The family's next involvment came in 1759, when Nicholas and John joined their uncle Obadiah and several other Providence merchants in outfitting another ship
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Nicholas and Company sent three ships to meet in the caribbean. Two of those ships were to sell horses and other goods.
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Captain Hopkins and the Sally arrived in West Africa on the coast of what is now the country of Guinea.
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Captain Hopkins bought his last slave. In all, he purchased 196 slaves, nine of whom he had sold to other traders on the coast, and twenty of whom had died.
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Eight days after they left the coast, the slaves rose a rebellion. Hopkins and the crew suppressed the uprising by firing on the slaves killing eight and wounding several others.
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"We need not mention how Disagreeable the news of your losing... 88 slaves to us and to all your friends, but yourself continuing in health is a great satisfaction to us, that we remain cheerful..." -Brown brothers to Esek Hopkins.
