EVENT INFORMATION

9
January
1761

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

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📅 9 January 1761 📍 Jamaica

Vessel: Port Royal; flag: Great Britain; estimated standardized tonnage: 182.3. People recorded in connection with the voyage: Captain: Francis, Edward; Investor: Rock, Thomas; Captain: Barber, William. The voyage began at Bristol on 9 January 1761. Principal recorded place where captives were acquired: Anomabu (Gold Coast). Principal recorded disembarkation place: Jamaica, place unspecified. Recorded outcome: Voyage completed as intended.

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