EVENT INFORMATION

27
May
1768

The slave ship Happy arrived with enslaved Africans in U.S. Virgin Islands. About 326 people had been taken aboard and approximately 269 arrived.

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📅 27 May 1768 📍 U.S. Virgin Islands

Vessel: Happy; flag: Denmark / Baltic; rig: Ship; estimated standardized tonnage: 272.3. People recorded in connection with the voyage: Captain: Harrison, John; Captain: Sebrantsen, Class; Captain: Ypes, Wouter. Principal recorded place where captives were acquired: Casamance (Senegambia and offshore Atlantic). Principal recorded disembarkation place: St Thomas. Recorded duration of the captives' Atlantic crossing: 91 days. Estimated mortality during the crossing: 17.0%.

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