EVENT INFORMATION

1
August
1749

The slave ship Hawk departed on a transatlantic slave-trading voyage that would carry enslaved Africans to Antigua and Barbuda.

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📅 1 August 1749 📍 Antigua and Barbuda

Vessel: Hawk; flag: Great Britain; estimated standardized tonnage: 200.3. People recorded in connection with the voyage: Captain: Furnell, Organ; Investor: Furnell, Organ. The voyage began at Bristol on 1 August 1749. Principal recorded place where captives were acquired: Bight of Biafra and Gulf of Guinea Islands, port unspecified. Principal recorded disembarkation place: Saint John (Antigua). Recorded outcome: Voyage completed as intended.

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