EVENT INFORMATION

5
March
1646

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

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📅 5 March 1646 📍 Barbados

Vessel: Charles; flag: Great Britain; estimated standardized tonnage: 120. People recorded in connection with the voyage: Investor: Holt, John; Captain: Zaa, William. The voyage began at London on 5 March 1646. 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: Arrived in Africa, subsequent fate unknown.

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