EVENT INFORMATION

7
May
1768

The slave ship King David departed on a transatlantic slave-trading voyage that would carry enslaved Africans to Jamaica.

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📅 7 May 1768 📍 Jamaica

Vessel: King David; flag: Great Britain; estimated standardized tonnage: 272.3. People recorded in connection with the voyage: Captain: Patey, Benjamin; Captain: Broad. The voyage began at Bristol on 7 May 1768. Principal recorded place where captives were acquired: Calabar (Bight of Biafra and Gulf of Guinea islands). Principal recorded disembarkation place: Jamaica, place unspecified. Recorded resistance: Vessel attacked from shore. Recorded outcome: Shipwrecked or destroyed, after disembarkation.

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