EVENT INFORMATION

13
August
1739

The slave ship Post Boy departed on a transatlantic slave-trading voyage that would carry enslaved Africans to Saint Kitts and Nevis.

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📅 13 August 1739 📍 Saint Kitts and Nevis

Vessel: Post Boy; flag: Great Britain; estimated standardized tonnage: 218.3. People recorded in connection with the voyage: Investor: Hobhouse, Isaac; Captain: Lyddon. The voyage began at Bristol on 13 August 1739. Principal recorded place where captives were acquired: Africa, port unspecified (Other Africa). Principal recorded disembarkation place: St Kitts, port unspecified. Recorded outcome: Captured by Spanish - after disembarkation.

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