EVENT INFORMATION

20
June
1767

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

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📅 20 June 1767 📍 Antigua and Barbuda

Vessel: Dorsetshire; flag: Great Britain; estimated standardized tonnage: 182.3. People recorded in connection with the voyage: Captain: Fowler J; Investor: Fowler J; Captain: Gowan, John; Captain: Traud. The voyage began at Bristol on 20 June 1767. Principal recorded place where captives were acquired: Africa, port unspecified (Other Africa). Principal recorded disembarkation place: Saint John (Antigua). Recorded outcome: Shipwrecked or destroyed, after embarkation of enslaved people or during slaving.

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