EVENT INFORMATION

8
October
1750

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

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📅 8 October 1750 📍 Barbados

Vessel: Greyhound; flag: Great Britain; rig: Snauw; estimated standardized tonnage: 92.3. People recorded in connection with the voyage: Investor: Savage, Rd; Captain: Roach, Maurice; Investor: Roach, Maurice; Investor: Flyn, Richard; Investor: Grainger, John; Investor: Bird, Oliver. The voyage began at Liverpool on 8 October 1750. Principal recorded place where captives were acquired: Gambia (Senegambia and offshore Atlantic). Principal recorded disembarkation place: Barbados, place unspecified. Recorded outcome: Voyage completed as intended.

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