Ivory Coast expedition

Ivory Coast expedition
Part of the African Slave Trade Patrol and the Blockade of Africa
Veterans of the expedition on board Saratoga in 1842.
Date June–December 1842 Location Ivory Coast, Liberia, Atlantic Ocean Result American victory 8 Villages (including 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

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.^[1]