EVENT INFORMATION

19
June
1754

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

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📅 19 June 1754 📍 Barbados

Vessel: Sierra Leone; flag: U.S.A.; rig: Schooner; estimated standardized tonnage: 83.3. People recorded in connection with the voyage: Investor: Johnston, Wm; Captain: Lindsay, David. The voyage began at Rhode Island, port unspecified on 19 June 1754. 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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