Mary Carver Affair

Mary Carver Affair
An American ship and African warriors at Monrovia, Liberia in 1842.
Date April 24, 1842 Location Little Bereby, Côte d'Ivoire Result Ivorian victory Americans massacred and ship captured Ivory Coast Expedition
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^[1] 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.^[2]