EVENT INFORMATION

31
August
1761

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

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📅 31 August 1761 📍 Martinique

Vessel: Boscawen; flag: Great Britain; rig: Snauw; estimated standardized tonnage: 92.3. People recorded in connection with the voyage: Investor: Green, Robert; Investor: Lewis, Thomas; Captain: Washington, George; Investor: Washington, George; Investor: Stephenson, James; Investor: Garrard, Richard; Investor: Gorstage, Thomas. The voyage began at Liverpool on 31 August 1761. Principal recorded place where captives were acquired: Windward Coast, place unspecified. Principal recorded disembarkation place: Martinique, place unspecified. Recorded outcome: Captured by the French - after embarkation of enslaved people.

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