EVENT INFORMATION

14
July
1760

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

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📅 14 July 1760 📍 Martinique

Vessel: Surprize; flag: Great Britain; rig: Snauw; estimated standardized tonnage: 182.3. People recorded in connection with the voyage: Investor: Heyes, Stephen; Investor: Campbell, George (Sr); Investor: Campbell, George (Jr); Captain: Erskine, Robert; Investor: Erskine, Robert. The voyage began at Liverpool on 14 July 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 before disembarking enslaved people; vessel recaptured or released subsequently.

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