EVENT INFORMATION

31
October
1762

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

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📅 31 October 1762 📍 Jamaica

Vessel: Plumper; flag: Great Britain; rig: Snauw; estimated standardized tonnage: 182.3. People recorded in connection with the voyage: Investor: Foxcroft, Thomas; Investor: Davenport, William; Captain: Dobb, Richard; Investor: Dobb, Richard; Captain: Dobb, William; Investor: Dobb, William; Investor: Trafford, Richard; Investor: Fairfax, John. The voyage began at Liverpool on 31 October 1762. Principal recorded place where captives were acquired: Windward Coast, place unspecified. Principal recorded disembarkation place: Kingston. Recorded outcome: Shipwrecked or destroyed, after disembarkation.

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