EVENT INFORMATION

26
June
1750

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

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📅 26 June 1750 📍 Jamaica

Vessel: Armitage; flag: Great Britain; rig: Ship; estimated standardized tonnage: 508.1. People recorded in connection with the voyage: Captain: Armitage, Robert; Investor: Armitage, Robert; Investor: Wilkinson, George; Captain: Ball, Thomas; Investor: Ball, Thomas; Investor: Rigby, Edmund; Investor: Cribb, Richard; Captain: Willan, John; Investor: Willan, John. The voyage began at Liverpool on 26 June 1750. Principal recorded place where captives were acquired: Bonny (Bight of Biafra and Gulf of Guinea islands). Principal recorded disembarkation place: Jamaica, place unspecified. Recorded outcome: Voyage completed as intended.

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