EVENT INFORMATION

6
May
1773

The slave ship Chance departed on a transatlantic slave-trading voyage that would carry enslaved Africans to Saint Kitts and Nevis.

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📅 6 May 1773 📍 Saint Kitts and Nevis

Vessel: Chance; flag: Great Britain; rig: Snauw; estimated standardized tonnage: 128.3. People recorded in connection with the voyage: Investor: Moss, Thomas; Investor: Lake, William Charles; Investor: Lake, T; Investor: Lake, Richard; Captain: Bootle, Wm; Investor: Bootle, Wm. The voyage began at Liverpool on 6 May 1773. Principal recorded place where captives were acquired: Iles de Los (Sierra Leone). Principal recorded disembarkation place: St Kitts, port unspecified. Recorded outcome: Returned direct to Africa after bringing enslaved people to the Americas.

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