EVENT INFORMATION

6
August
1759

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

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📅 6 August 1759 📍 Jamaica

Vessel: Tryton; flag: Great Britain; estimated standardized tonnage: 128.3. People recorded in connection with the voyage: Captain: Fowler J; Investor: Fowler J; Captain: Doyle, Nicholas; Captain: Taylor, William. The voyage began at Bristol on 6 August 1759. Principal recorded place where captives were acquired: Africa, port unspecified (Other Africa). Principal recorded disembarkation place: Jamaica, place unspecified. Recorded outcome: Captured by the French - after enslaved people disembarked.

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