EVENT INFORMATION

12
January
1765

The slave ship Speedwell departed on a transatlantic slave-trading voyage that would carry enslaved Africans to Antigua and Barbuda.

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📅 12 January 1765 📍 Antigua and Barbuda

Vessel: Speedwell; flag: Great Britain; estimated standardized tonnage: 200.3. People recorded in connection with the voyage: Investor: Gompertz, Solomon; Captain: Twist, George; Investor: Gumperk*. The voyage began at London on 12 January 1765. Principal recorded place where captives were acquired: Senegambia and offshore Atlantic, port unspecified. Principal recorded disembarkation place: Saint John (Antigua). Recorded outcome: Voyage completed as intended.

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