EVENT INFORMATION

5
May
1757

The slave ship Myrtle departed on a transatlantic slave-trading voyage that would carry enslaved Africans to Saint Kitts and Nevis.

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📅 5 May 1757 📍 Saint Kitts and Nevis

Vessel: Myrtle; flag: Great Britain. People recorded in connection with the voyage: Investor: Rumsey, James; Captain: Hutcheson, James. The voyage began at Bristol on 5 May 1757. Principal recorded place where captives were acquired: Gambia (Senegambia and offshore Atlantic). Principal recorded disembarkation place: St Kitts, port unspecified. Recorded outcome: Voyage completed as intended.

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