EVENT INFORMATION

18
January
1742

The slave ship Rising Sun completed the voyage after transporting enslaved Africans to Barbados.

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📅 18 January 1742 📍 Barbados

Vessel: Rising Sun; flag: Great Britain; estimated standardized tonnage: 182.3. People recorded in connection with the voyage: Investor: Tonge, William; Captain: Bonfield, Lewis; Captain: Gould, John. The voyage began at Bristol on 25 August 1740. Principal recorded place where captives were acquired: Calabar (Bight of Biafra and Gulf of Guinea islands). Principal recorded disembarkation place: Barbados, place unspecified. Recorded outcome: Voyage completed as intended.

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