EVENT INFORMATION

5
March
1757

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

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📅 5 March 1757 📍 Jamaica

Vessel: Swallow; 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: Trafford, William; Investor: Trafford, Richard; Investor: Jenney, Edmund; Investor: Rankine, William; Investor: Done, Robert. The voyage began at Liverpool on 5 March 1757. Principal recorded place where captives were acquired: Windward Coast, place unspecified. Principal recorded disembarkation place: Jamaica, place unspecified. Recorded outcome: Captured by the French - unspecified.

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