EVENT INFORMATION

18
January
1749

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

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📅 18 January 1749 📍 Jamaica

Vessel: Revenge; flag: U.S.A.; rig: Brig. People recorded in connection with the voyage: Investor: Beekman, Gerard; Investor: Van Horne, David; Investor: Van Horne, Samuel; Investor: Lefferts, A; Investor: Beekman, William; Investor: Provoost, John; Captain: Holmes, James; Investor: Beekman, GG. The voyage began at New York on 18 January 1749. Principal recorded place where captives were acquired: Sierra Leone estuary. Principal recorded disembarkation place: Jamaica, place unspecified. Recorded outcome: Voyage completed as intended.

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