EVENT INFORMATION

12
July
1773

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

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📅 12 July 1773 📍 Jamaica

Vessel: Whim; flag: Great Britain; rig: Snauw; estimated standardized tonnage: 128.3. People recorded in connection with the voyage: Investor: Case, T; Captain: Butler, Henry; Investor: Butler, Henry; Investor: Case, Clayton. The voyage began at Liverpool on 12 July 1773. Principal recorded place where captives were acquired: Gabon (Bight of Biafra and Gulf of Guinea islands). Principal recorded disembarkation place: Jamaica, place unspecified. Recorded outcome: Voyage completed as intended.

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