EVENT INFORMATION

31
March
1768

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

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📅 31 March 1768 📍 Dominica

Vessel: Latham; flag: Great Britain; rig: Ship; estimated standardized tonnage: 182.3. People recorded in connection with the voyage: Captain: Colley, George; Investor: Colley, George; Investor: Green, Robert; Captain: Hillary, George; Investor: Latham, John. The voyage began at Liverpool on 31 March 1768. Principal recorded place where captives were acquired: Calabar (Bight of Biafra and Gulf of Guinea islands). Principal recorded disembarkation place: Dominica, place unspecified. Recorded resistance: Vessel attacked from shore. Recorded outcome: Cut off by Africans from shore. Recaptured and landed enslaved people in Americas.

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