EVENT INFORMATION

4
May
1753

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

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📅 4 May 1753 📍 Barbados

Vessel: Friendship; flag: Great Britain; rig: Sloop; estimated standardized tonnage: 47.3. People recorded in connection with the voyage: Captain: Beardwell, Richard. The voyage began at London on 4 May 1753. Principal recorded place where captives were acquired: Sierra Leone estuary. Principal recorded disembarkation place: Barbados, place unspecified. Recorded outcome: Voyage completed as intended.

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