EVENT INFORMATION

16
May
1760

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

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📅 16 May 1760 📍 Martinique

Vessel: Halifax; flag: Great Britain; estimated standardized tonnage: 182.3. People recorded in connection with the voyage: Investor: Farr; Captain: Cowie, Robert; Investor: Farr, Richard (Jr). The voyage began at Bristol on 16 May 1760. Principal recorded place where captives were acquired: Bonny (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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