EVENT INFORMATION

23
December
1771

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

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📅 23 December 1771 📍 Grenada

Vessel: Surry; flag: Great Britain; rig: Ship; estimated standardized tonnage: 317.3. People recorded in connection with the voyage: Captain: King, Thomas; Investor: King, Thomas. The voyage began at London on 23 December 1771. Principal recorded place where captives were acquired: Cameroons (Bight of Biafra and Gulf of Guinea islands). Principal recorded disembarkation place: Grenada, place unspecified. Recorded duration of the captives' Atlantic crossing: 56 days. Estimated mortality during the crossing: 4.0%.

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