EVENT INFORMATION

24
June
1767

The slave ship Fredensborg departed on a transatlantic slave-trading voyage that would carry enslaved Africans to U.S. Virgin Islands.

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📅 24 June 1767 📍 U.S. Virgin Islands

Vessel: Fredensborg; flag: Denmark / Baltic. People recorded in connection with the voyage: Captain: Kionig, Espen; Captain: Ferentz, Johan Frantzen; Investor: Danish Guinean Company (a) Bargum Trading Society. The voyage began at København on 24 June 1767. Principal recorded place where captives were acquired: Gold Coast, port unspecified. Principal recorded disembarkation place: St Croix. Estimated mortality during the crossing: 11.0%. Recorded outcome: Shipwrecked or destroyed, after disembarkation.

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