EVENT INFORMATION

29
May
1774

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

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📅 29 May 1774 📍 Barbados

Vessel: Burrowes; flag: Great Britain; rig: Ship; estimated standardized tonnage: 128.3. People recorded in connection with the voyage: Captain: Bostock, Rob; Investor: Bostock, Rob; Captain: Harvey, Thomas; Investor: Harvey, Thomas; Captain: Withington, Robert; Investor: Withington, Robert; Investor: Ratcliffe, Thomas; Investor: Mason, William. The voyage began at Liverpool on 29 May 1774. Principal recorded place where captives were acquired: Windward Coast, place unspecified. Principal recorded disembarkation place: Barbados, place unspecified. Recorded resistance: Vessel attacked from shore. Recorded outcome: Cut off by Africans from shore. Recaptured and landed enslaved people in Americas.

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