EVENT INFORMATION

28
December
1728

The slave ship Katherine departed on a transatlantic slave-trading voyage that would carry enslaved Africans to Antigua and Barbuda.

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📅 28 December 1728 📍 Antigua and Barbuda

Vessel: Katherine; flag: U.S.A.; rig: Sloop; estimated standardized tonnage: 56.3. People recorded in connection with the voyage: Investor: Belcher, Jona; Investor: Pusulton, Peter; Investor: Foy, Willm; Investor: Hough, Eben'r; Investor: Bant, Wm; Investor: Janvill, Andrew; Captain: Atkinson, William; Captain: Hall, John. The voyage began at Boston on 28 December 1728. Principal recorded place where captives were acquired: Gold Coast, port unspecified. Principal recorded disembarkation place: Saint John (Antigua). Recorded outcome: Crew mutiny; enslaved people landed in the Americas.

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