Ben Pease

Ben Pease
Bornc. 1834
Edgartown, Massachusetts
Died1870
The suspicion is that Bully Hayes disposed of Pease during a voyage to the Caroline Islands and Marshall Islands
Occupation(s)Ship’s Captain
Trader
Blackbirder
Parent(s)Henry A. and Mary A. (Fisher) Pease

Ben Pease (c. 1834-1870) or Benjamin Pease, was a notorious blackbirder, engaged in recruiting and kidnapping Pacific Islanders to provide labor for the plantations of Fiji.

Pease was born in about 1834 in Edgartown, Massachusetts. He was youngest of seven children of Henry A. and Mary A. (Fisher) Pease.[1] Pease was a ship's captain operating in the Pacific during the 1850s and 1860s. His elder brother was Captain Henry A. Pease Jr., (1824–1892), who became a whaling ship master[2] and was involved in the whaling disaster of 1871 and was later the U. S. Consul to Santiago, Cape Verde (1882–1892).[3]

  1. ^ "The Pease Family of Martha's Vineyard by Richard Bart".
  2. ^ "The Pease Family of Martha's Vineyard: Eighth Generation by Richard Bart".
  3. ^ Martha’s Vineyard Museum, Captain Henry Pease Papers, 1867-1893. Record Unit 331 "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2010-07-03. Retrieved 2011-05-18.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)