EVENT INFORMATION

1
October
1685

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

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📅 1 October 1685 📍 Barbados

Vessel: Orange Tree; flag: Great Britain; estimated standardized tonnage: 305.3. People recorded in connection with the voyage: Investor: Royal African Company; Captain: Bridges, John. The voyage began at London on 1 October 1685. Principal recorded place where captives were acquired: Whydah, Ouidah (Bight of Benin). Principal recorded disembarkation place: Barbados, place unspecified. Recorded outcome: Voyage completed as intended.

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