EVENT INFORMATION

18
December
1767

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

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📅 18 December 1767 📍 Barbados

Vessel: Fortune; flag: Great Britain; rig: Schooner; estimated standardized tonnage: 146.3. People recorded in connection with the voyage: Captain: Baird, James; Captain: Marr, William. The voyage began at London on 18 December 1767. Principal recorded place where captives were acquired: Gambia (Senegambia and offshore Atlantic). Principal recorded disembarkation place: Barbados, place unspecified. Recorded outcome: Returned direct to Africa after bringing enslaved people to the Americas.

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