EVENT INFORMATION

3
August
1757

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

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📅 3 August 1757 📍 Barbados

Vessel: Spencer; flag: Great Britain; rig: Snauw; estimated standardized tonnage: 182.3. People recorded in connection with the voyage: Captain: Rigby, Thomas; Investor: Rigby, Thomas; Investor: Spencer, Lawrence; Investor: Manesty, Joseph; Captain: Chalmers, Thomas; Investor: Chalmers, Thomas; Captain: Cooke, Daniel; Captain: Roberts, Thomas; Investor: Roberts, Thomas. The voyage began at Liverpool on 3 August 1757. Principal recorded place where captives were acquired: Windward Coast, place unspecified. Principal recorded disembarkation place: Barbados, place unspecified. Recorded outcome: Voyage completed as intended.

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