EVENT INFORMATION

10
December
1739

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

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📅 10 December 1739 📍 Barbados

Vessel: Ryder; flag: Great Britain; rig: Ship; estimated standardized tonnage: 146.3. People recorded in connection with the voyage: Captain: Billing, James; Investor: Billing, James; Captain: Joynson, Richard; Captain: Ash, Christopher. The voyage began at Liverpool on 10 December 1739. Principal recorded place where captives were acquired: Gambia (Senegambia and offshore Atlantic). Principal recorded disembarkation place: Barbados, place unspecified. Recorded outcome: Voyage completed as intended.

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