EVENT INFORMATION

18
January
1752

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

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📅 18 January 1752 📍 Antigua and Barbuda

Vessel: Merchant's Adventure; flag: Great Britain; rig: Ship; estimated standardized tonnage: 272.3. People recorded in connection with the voyage: Captain: Poirier, Samuel. The voyage began at London on 18 January 1752. Principal recorded place where captives were acquired: Gambia (Senegambia and offshore Atlantic). Principal recorded disembarkation place: Saint John (Antigua). Recorded outcome: Voyage completed as intended.

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