EVENT INFORMATION

22
June
1767

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

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📅 22 June 1767 📍 Antigua and Barbuda

Vessel: Blakeney; flag: Great Britain; rig: Brigantine; estimated standardized tonnage: 128.3. People recorded in connection with the voyage: Captain: Crosbie, John; Investor: Crosbie, John; Investor: Trafford, William; Investor: Crosbie, William; Captain: Parkinson, Robert; Investor: Parkinson, Robert. The voyage began at Liverpool on 22 June 1767. Principal recorded place where captives were acquired: Windward Coast, place unspecified. Principal recorded disembarkation place: Saint John (Antigua). Recorded outcome: Condemned in the Americas by British after enslaved people disembarked.

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