EVENT INFORMATION

21
March
1759

The slave ship Swift departed on a transatlantic slave-trading voyage that would carry enslaved Africans to Antigua and Barbuda.

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📅 21 March 1759 📍 Antigua and Barbuda

Vessel: Swift; flag: Great Britain; estimated standardized tonnage: 182.3. People recorded in connection with the voyage: Investor: Bright, Henry; Investor: Rogers, Corsley; Investor: Ames, Jeremiah; Captain: McTaggart, J; Investor: McTaggart, J; Investor: Rogers; Captain: Watson, Abraham; Investor: Watson, Abraham. The voyage began at Bristol on 21 March 1759. Principal recorded place where captives were acquired: Bonny (Bight of Biafra and Gulf of Guinea islands). Principal recorded disembarkation place: Saint John (Antigua). Recorded outcome: Laid up (disarmed) or broken up in the Americas.

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