EVENT INFORMATION

28
May
1759

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

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📅 28 May 1759 📍 Martinique

Vessel: Ferret; flag: Great Britain; rig: Ship; estimated standardized tonnage: 110.3. People recorded in connection with the voyage: Investor: Foxcroft, Thomas; Captain: Welch, John; Investor: Welch, John; Investor: Goad, John; Captain: Bury, John; Investor: Bury, John. The voyage began at Liverpool on 28 May 1759. Principal recorded place where captives were acquired: Calabar (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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