EVENT INFORMATION

19
April
1764

The slave ship Bance Island departed on a transatlantic slave-trading voyage that would carry enslaved Africans to Grenada.

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📅 19 April 1764 📍 Grenada

Vessel: Bance Island; flag: Great Britain; rig: Snauw; estimated standardized tonnage: 272.3. People recorded in connection with the voyage: Investor: Oswald, R; Investor: Mill, John; Captain: Sterling, David; Investor: Sergent, John; Investor: Boyd, Augustus; Captain: Hay, James; Investor: Grant, Alexander (Sir). The voyage began at London on 19 April 1764. Principal recorded place where captives were acquired: Bance/Bunce Island (Sierra Leone). Principal recorded disembarkation place: Grenada, place unspecified.

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