EVENT INFORMATION

30
June
1766

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

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📅 30 June 1766 📍 Jamaica

Vessel: Nightingale; flag: Great Britain; rig: Ship; estimated standardized tonnage: 182.3. People recorded in connection with the voyage: Investor: Sims, T; Captain: Carter, Joseph. The voyage began at Bristol on 30 June 1766. Principal recorded place where captives were acquired: New Calabar (Bight of Biafra and Gulf of Guinea islands). Principal recorded disembarkation place: Jamaica, place unspecified. Recorded outcome: Voyage completed as intended.

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