EVENT INFORMATION

24
April
1688

The slave ship Expedition began acquiring enslaved Africans for transportation to Barbados.

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📅 24 April 1688 📍 Barbados

Vessel: Expedition; flag: Great Britain; estimated standardized tonnage: 128.3. People recorded in connection with the voyage: Investor: Royal African Company; Captain: Killinglow, William; Captain: Strutt, Abnigoe. The voyage began at London on 8 December 1687. Principal recorded place where captives were acquired: Whydah, Ouidah (Bight of Benin). Principal recorded disembarkation place: Barbados, place unspecified.

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