EVENT INFORMATION

6
August
1763

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

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📅 6 August 1763 📍 Barbados

Vessel: Apollo; flag: Great Britain; rig: Brigantine; estimated standardized tonnage: 182.3. People recorded in connection with the voyage: Captain: Rigby, Thomas; Investor: Rigby, Thomas; Investor: Taylor, Joseph; Investor: Pownal, William; Investor: Kitchingham, John; Captain: Hamilton, John; Investor: Hasle, Chris; Captain: Sharpe, John; Investor: Rigby, Gilbert. The voyage began at Liverpool on 6 August 1763. Principal recorded place where captives were acquired: Iles de Los (Sierra Leone). Principal recorded disembarkation place: Barbados, place unspecified. Recorded outcome: Voyage completed as intended.

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