EVENT INFORMATION

23
December
1740

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

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📅 23 December 1740 📍 Jamaica

Vessel: Cruizer; flag: Great Britain; rig: Snauw; estimated standardized tonnage: 146.3. People recorded in connection with the voyage: Investor: Lascelles, Henry* Lassells; Captain: Strangeways, Henry. The voyage began at Shoreham on 23 December 1740. Principal recorded place where captives were acquired: Gold Coast, port unspecified. Principal recorded disembarkation place: Kingston. Estimated mortality during the crossing: 10.9%. Recorded outcome: Voyage completed as intended.

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