EVENT INFORMATION

1
June
1772

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

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📅 1 June 1772 📍 Dominica

Vessel: Kitty; flag: Great Britain; rig: Snauw; estimated standardized tonnage: 128.3. People recorded in connection with the voyage: Captain: Tuohy, D; Investor: Tuohy, D; Captain: Trafford, Henry; Investor: Trafford, Henry; Investor: Green, Robert; Captain: Briggs, Jas; Investor: Briggs, Jas; Investor: Yates, Thomas; Investor: Yates, John; Captain: Grimshaw, James; Investor: Hanson, Nathan; Investor: Gildart, James (Jr); Captain: Symonds. The voyage began at Liverpool on 1 June 1772. Principal recorded place where captives were acquired: Calabar (Bight of Biafra and Gulf of Guinea islands). Principal recorded disembarkation place: Dominica, place unspecified. Recorded outcome: Shipwrecked or destroyed, after disembarkation.

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