Ivory Coast expedition

The Ivory Coast expedition, or the Liberia expedition, was a naval operation in 1842, launched by the United States against the West African Bereby people. After the attacks on the merchant ships Mary Carver and Edward Barley, the American Congress approved a punitive expedition to the area and placed Commodore Matthew C. Perry in command. The expedition was successful in exacting redress by destroying the fortified town of Little Bereby and by killing the chief responsible for the attacks on American shipping.

Ivory Coast expedition
Part of the African Slave Trade Patrol

Veterans of the expedition on board Saratoga in 1842.
DateJune–December 1842
Location
Ivory Coast, Liberia, Atlantic Ocean
Result

American victory

  • Little Bereby destroyed
Belligerents
United States Bereby
Commanders and leaders
Matthew C. Perry Ben Crack-O †
Strength
Land:
50 marines
150 sailors
Sea:
1 frigate
2 sloops-of-war
1 brigantine		 unknown
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