EVENT INFORMATION

8
August
1755

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

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📅 8 August 1755 📍 Barbados

Vessel: Elizabeth; flag: Great Britain; rig: Brig; estimated standardized tonnage: 128.3. People recorded in connection with the voyage: Captain: Jones, John; Captain: Townsend, Richard; Investor: Townsend, Richard; Investor: Powell, Richard; Investor: Trafford, William; Investor: Trafford, Richard; Investor: Renkine, William. The voyage began at Liverpool on 8 August 1755. Principal recorded place where captives were acquired: Windward Coast, place unspecified. Principal recorded disembarkation place: Barbados, place unspecified.

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