EVENT INFORMATION

2
October
1684

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

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📅 2 October 1684 📍 Jamaica

Vessel: Robert; flag: Great Britain; estimated standardized tonnage: 182.3. People recorded in connection with the voyage: Investor: Royal African Company; Captain: Rickards, Samuel Richard. The voyage began at London on 2 October 1684. Principal recorded place where captives were acquired: Whydah, Ouidah (Bight of Benin). Principal recorded disembarkation place: Jamaica, place unspecified. Recorded outcome: Voyage completed as intended.

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