EVENT INFORMATION

17
May
1742

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

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📅 17 May 1742 📍 Jamaica

Vessel: Queen Elizabeth; flag: Great Britain; rig: Ship; estimated standardized tonnage: 146.3. People recorded in connection with the voyage: Investor: Hobhouse, Isaac; Investor: Baugh, Stephen; Captain: Harvey, John. The voyage began at Bristol on 17 May 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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