EVENT INFORMATION

17
May
1760

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

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📅 17 May 1760 📍 Martinique

Vessel: Shark; flag: Great Britain; rig: Snauw; estimated standardized tonnage: 182.3. People recorded in connection with the voyage: Captain: Hodgson, Thomas; Investor: Hodgson, Thomas; Investor: Savage, Richard; Captain: Lowe, James; Investor: Lowe, James; Captain: Dobson, John; Investor: Dobson, John; Captain: Owen, Robert; Investor: Owen, Robert. The voyage began at Liverpool on 17 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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