EVENT INFORMATION

18
April
1737

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

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📅 18 April 1737 📍 Jamaica

Vessel: Post Boy; flag: Great Britain; rig: Ship; estimated standardized tonnage: 164.3. People recorded in connection with the voyage: Investor: Jenys, Thomas; Captain: Lyddon. The voyage began at Bristol on 18 April 1737. Principal recorded place where captives were acquired: Calabar (Bight of Biafra and Gulf of Guinea islands). Principal recorded disembarkation place: Jamaica, place unspecified. Recorded outcome: Voyage completed as intended.

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