EVENT INFORMATION

17
November
1769

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

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📅 17 November 1769 📍 Barbados

Vessel: Gambia; flag: Great Britain; rig: Snauw; estimated standardized tonnage: 130.1. People recorded in connection with the voyage: Investor: Fowler J; Captain: Willis, James. The voyage began at Bristol on 17 November 1769. Principal recorded place where captives were acquired: Gambia (Senegambia and offshore Atlantic). Principal recorded disembarkation place: Barbados, place unspecified. Recorded outcome: Voyage completed as intended.

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