EVENT INFORMATION

15
July
1758

The slave ship King of Bonny departed on a transatlantic slave-trading voyage that would carry enslaved Africans to Martinique.

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📅 15 July 1758 📍 Martinique

Vessel: King of Bonny; flag: Great Britain; estimated standardized tonnage: 305.3. People recorded in connection with the voyage: Investor: Powell, John; Captain: Jones, Thomas. The voyage began at Bristol on 15 July 1758. Principal recorded place where captives were acquired: Bonny (Bight of Biafra and Gulf of Guinea islands). Principal recorded disembarkation place: Martinique, place unspecified. Recorded outcome: Captured by the French - after embarkation of enslaved people.

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