EVENT INFORMATION

2
January
1747

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

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📅 2 January 1747 📍 Jamaica

Vessel: Broomfield; flag: Great Britain; rig: Snauw; estimated standardized tonnage: 92.3. People recorded in connection with the voyage: Investor: Cross, John; Captain: Turner, Patrick. The voyage began at Bristol on 2 January 1747. Principal recorded place where captives were acquired: Gold Coast, port unspecified. Principal recorded disembarkation place: Kingston.

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