EVENT INFORMATION

23
September
1646

A slave ship left the African coast carrying enslaved Africans toward Barbados. About 260 people had been taken aboard.

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📅 23 September 1646 📍 Barbados

Vessel: name not recorded; flag: Denmark / Baltic; rig: Fluit; estimated standardized tonnage: 300. People recorded in connection with the voyage: Captain: Gabbes, Arent. The voyage began at Göteborg on 12 May 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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