EVENT INFORMATION

3
January
1763

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

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📅 3 January 1763 📍 Barbados

Vessel: Whydah; flag: U.S.A.; rig: Sloop; estimated standardized tonnage: 65.3. People recorded in connection with the voyage: Investor: Vernon,Wm; Captain: Rogers, Thom. The voyage began at Newport on 3 January 1763. Principal recorded place where captives were acquired: Cape Coast Castle (Gold Coast). Principal recorded disembarkation place: Barbados, place unspecified. Estimated mortality during the crossing: 48.0%. Recorded outcome: Sold in the Americas after disembarking enslaved people.

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