EVENT INFORMATION

16
May
1770

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

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📅 16 May 1770 📍 Barbados

Vessel: Union; flag: Great Britain; rig: Ship; estimated standardized tonnage: 193.1. People recorded in connection with the voyage: Investor: Davenport, William; Captain: Perkins, John; Investor: Perkins, John; Captain: Hughes, Thomas; Investor: Hughes, Thomas; Captain: Maddock, John; Investor: Maddock, John; Investor: Pownal, William; Investor: Ford, Charles; Investor: Yates, John; Investor: Kelley, Thomas; Investor: Cropper, Thomas (Jr); Captain: Peers, John. The voyage began at Liverpool on 16 May 1770. Principal recorded place where captives were acquired: Cameroons (Bight of Biafra and Gulf of Guinea islands). Principal recorded disembarkation place: Barbados, place unspecified. Recorded outcome: Voyage completed as intended.

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