EVENT INFORMATION

12
June
1685

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

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📅 12 June 1685 📍 Barbados

Vessel: Good Fellowship; flag: Great Britain; estimated standardized tonnage: 253.7. People recorded in connection with the voyage: Investor: Royal African Company; Captain: Payne, Silvanus; Captain: Robson, Christopher. The voyage began at London on 12 June 1685. Principal recorded place where captives were acquired: Ardra (Bight of Benin). Principal recorded disembarkation place: Barbados, place unspecified. Estimated mortality during the crossing: 39.0%. Recorded resistance: Vessel attacked from shore. Recorded outcome: Voyage completed as intended.

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