EVENT INFORMATION

25
June
1728

The slave ship Cornwall departed on a transatlantic slave-trading voyage that would carry enslaved Africans to Jamaica.

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📅 25 June 1728 📍 Jamaica

Vessel: Cornwall; flag: Great Britain; estimated standardized tonnage: 254.3. People recorded in connection with the voyage: Investor: Day, Peter; Investor: Shooter, Christopher; Captain: Rawle, James. The voyage began at Bristol on 25 June 1728. Principal recorded place where captives were acquired: Calabar (Bight of Biafra and Gulf of Guinea islands). Principal recorded disembarkation place: Kingston. Recorded outcome: Voyage completed as intended.

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