EVENT INFORMATION

7
August
1685

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

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📅 7 August 1685 📍 Jamaica

Vessel: Camelion; flag: Great Britain; estimated standardized tonnage: 54.8. People recorded in connection with the voyage: Captain: Mitchell, Charles; Investor: Royal African Company. The voyage began at London on 7 August 1685. Principal recorded place where captives were acquired: New Calabar (Bight of Biafra and Gulf of Guinea islands). Principal recorded disembarkation place: Jamaica, place unspecified. Recorded outcome: Shipwrecked or destroyed - unspecified.

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