Echo (1845 ship)

Echo was a sail-powered ship launched at Baltimore, Maryland and registered at New Orleans.

USS Dolphin captured her on 21 August at a small island off Cuba and took her into Charleston, South Carolina where she was condemned and her captain and crew tried for piracy.

[1] On the Middle Passage between Africa and Cuba 141 captives died; she arrived at Charleston with 306.

[2] United States law required the return of the Africans to Monrovia, Liberia.

USS Niagara carried 271 surviving captives to Liberia where 200 arrived.