EVENT INFORMATION

26
January
1761

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

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📅 26 January 1761 📍 Guadeloupe

Vessel: Apollo; flag: Great Britain; rig: Brigantine; estimated standardized tonnage: 101.3. People recorded in connection with the voyage: Captain: Rigby, Thomas; Investor: Rigby, Thomas; Investor: Rumbold, Thomas; Investor: Pownal, William; Investor: Kitchingham, John; Investor: Gorrel, John; Captain: Billinge, Henry; Investor: Rigby, Gilbert. The voyage began at Liverpool on 26 January 1761. Principal recorded place where captives were acquired: Gambia (Senegambia and offshore Atlantic). Principal recorded disembarkation place: Basse-Terre. Recorded outcome: Voyage completed as intended.

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