EVENT INFORMATION

13
October
1753

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

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📅 13 October 1753 📍 Barbados

Vessel: Barbados Packet; flag: Great Britain; rig: Brigantine; estimated standardized tonnage: 74.3. People recorded in connection with the voyage: Captain: Campbell, George; Investor: Campbell, George; Captain: Thompson, Thomas; Investor: Thompson, Thomas; Investor: Campbell, James; Investor: Laben, Samuel. The voyage began at Liverpool on 13 October 1753. Principal recorded place where captives were acquired: Gambia (Senegambia and offshore Atlantic). Principal recorded disembarkation place: Barbados, place unspecified. Recorded outcome: Returned direct to Africa after bringing enslaved people to the Americas.

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