EVENT INFORMATION

12
March
1760

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

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📅 12 March 1760 📍 Jamaica

Vessel: Calipso; flag: Great Britain; rig: Ship; estimated standardized tonnage: 229.1. People recorded in connection with the voyage: Captain: Earle, William; Investor: Earle, William; Investor: Rumbold, Thomas; Captain: Leay, Peter; Investor: Leay, Peter; Investor: Farrington, William; Investor: Powell, Richard; Investor: Lyon, Edmund; Investor: Melling, Mauris; Captain: Copeland, Jno; Investor: Copeland, Jno. The voyage began at Liverpool on 12 March 1760. Principal recorded place where captives were acquired: Bonny (Bight of Biafra and Gulf of Guinea islands). Principal recorded disembarkation place: Jamaica, place unspecified. Recorded outcome: Captured by the French - after enslaved people disembarked.

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