EVENT INFORMATION

11
August
1646

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

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📅 11 August 1646 📍 Barbados

Vessel: Lieve Vrou; flag: Great Britain; estimated standardized tonnage: 80. People recorded in connection with the voyage: Captain: Ladd, John. The voyage began at London on 11 August 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: Bought at least one slave in Africa - subsequent fate unknown.

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