EVENT INFORMATION

1
October
1772

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

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📅 1 October 1772 📍 Jamaica

Vessel: Robert; flag: Great Britain; rig: Snauw; estimated standardized tonnage: 146.3. People recorded in connection with the voyage: Investor: Pringle, Hugh; Investor: Kenedy, Robert; Captain: Grace, Ireland. The voyage began at Liverpool on 1 October 1772. Principal recorded place where captives were acquired: Sierra Leone estuary. Principal recorded disembarkation place: Kingston. Recorded resistance: Revolt by enslaved people. Recorded outcome: Shipwrecked or destroyed, after disembarkation.

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