EVENT INFORMATION

20
April
1767

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

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📅 20 April 1767 📍 Barbados

Vessel: Prosperity; flag: U.S.A.; rig: Sloop; estimated standardized tonnage: 137.3. People recorded in connection with the voyage: Investor: Potter, Simeon; Captain: Martindale, Silas. The voyage began at Rhode Island, port unspecified on 20 April 1767. Principal recorded place where captives were acquired: Cape Coast Castle (Gold Coast). Principal recorded disembarkation place: Barbados, place unspecified.

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