EVENT INFORMATION

13
August
1764

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

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📅 13 August 1764 📍 Grenada

Vessel: Oswego; flag: Great Britain; rig: Snauw; estimated standardized tonnage: 110.3. People recorded in connection with the voyage: Investor: Trotter, Robert; Captain: Cumming, Henry; Investor: Smith. The voyage began at London on 13 August 1764. Principal recorded place where captives were acquired: Bight of Benin, place unspecified. Principal recorded disembarkation place: Grenada, place unspecified. Recorded outcome: Returned direct to Africa after bringing enslaved people to the Americas.

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