EVENT INFORMATION

11
September
1756

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

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📅 11 September 1756 📍 Jamaica

Vessel: Bulkeley; flag: Great Britain; rig: Snauw; estimated standardized tonnage: 182.3. People recorded in connection with the voyage: Investor: Cunliffe, Foster; Investor: Cunliffe, Ellis; Investor: Cunliffe, Robert; Investor: Atherton, John; Investor: Bulkeley, William; Captain: Southworth, Nicholas; Investor: Southworth, Nicholas; Investor: Seddon, John; Captain: Bassnett; Captain: Lonbery, Charles. The voyage began at Liverpool on 11 September 1756. Principal recorded place where captives were acquired: Sherbro (Sierra Leone). Principal recorded disembarkation place: Jamaica, place unspecified. Recorded outcome: Voyage completed as intended.

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