EVENT INFORMATION

30
May
1761

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

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📅 30 May 1761 📍 Haiti

Vessel: Oronoko; flag: Great Britain; rig: Ship; estimated standardized tonnage: 254.3. People recorded in connection with the voyage: Captain: Cowley, Stretch; Investor: Cowley, Stretch; Investor: Cheshire, John; Investor: Cowley, Richard; Captain: Parr, Henry. The voyage began at Liverpool on 30 May 1761. Principal recorded place where captives were acquired: Bonny (Bight of Biafra and Gulf of Guinea islands). Principal recorded disembarkation place: Saint-Domingue, then Haiti, port unspecified. Recorded outcome: Captured by the French - after embarkation of enslaved people.

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