EVENT INFORMATION

5
June
1762

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

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📅 5 June 1762 📍 British Virgin Islands

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: Taylor, Joseph; Investor: Pownal, William; Investor: Whittaker, Thomas; Investor: Kitchin, John; Investor: Hasell, Chris; Captain: Billinge; Captain: Richardson, William; Investor: Rigby, Gilbert. The voyage began at Liverpool on 5 June 1762. Principal recorded place where captives were acquired: Windward Coast, place unspecified. Principal recorded disembarkation place: Tortola, port unspecified.

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