EVENT INFORMATION

9
March
1742

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

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๐Ÿ“… 9 March 1742 ๐Ÿ“ Jamaica

Vessel: Dispatch; flag: Great Britain; rig: Snauw; estimated standardized tonnage: 92.3. People recorded in connection with the voyage: Investor: Laroche, James (Sr); Captain: Gally, Abraham. The voyage began at Bristol on 9 March 1742. Principal recorded place where captives were acquired: Bonny (Bight of Biafra and Gulf of Guinea islands). Principal recorded disembarkation place: Kingston. Recorded outcome: Voyage completed as intended.

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