EVENT INFORMATION

1
June
1754

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

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📅 1 June 1754 📍 Barbados

Vessel: Foster; flag: Great Britain; rig: Snauw; estimated standardized tonnage: 110.3. People recorded in connection with the voyage: Investor: Cunliffe, Foster; Captain: Armitage, Robert; Investor: Armitage, Robert; Investor: Reid, Samuel; Investor: Cunliffe, Ellis; Investor: Cunliffe, Robert; Captain: Cropper, Edward; Investor: Cropper, Edward. The voyage began at Liverpool on 1 June 1754. Principal recorded place where captives were acquired: Benin (Bight of Benin). Principal recorded disembarkation place: Barbados, place unspecified. Recorded outcome: Voyage completed as intended.

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