EVENT INFORMATION

6
May
1759

The slave ship Kitty began acquiring enslaved Africans for transportation to Saint Kitts and Nevis.

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📅 6 May 1759 📍 Saint Kitts and Nevis

Vessel: Kitty; flag: Great Britain; rig: Brigantine; estimated standardized tonnage: 128.3. People recorded in connection with the voyage: Investor: Knight, John; Captain: Whiteside, John; Investor: Whiteside, John; Investor: Mears, Thomas; Investor: Seddon, Robert. The voyage began at Liverpool on 14 March 1759. Principal recorded place where captives were acquired: Gambia (Senegambia and offshore Atlantic). Principal recorded disembarkation place: St Kitts, port unspecified. Recorded outcome: Bought at least one slave in Africa - subsequent fate unknown.

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