EVENT INFORMATION

6
March
1775

The slave ship Ada arrived with enslaved Africans in U.S. Virgin Islands. About 221 people had been taken aboard and approximately 135 arrived.

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📅 6 March 1775 📍 U.S. Virgin Islands

Vessel: Ada; flag: Denmark / Baltic. People recorded in connection with the voyage: Investor: Danish Guinean Company (a) Bargum Trading Society. Principal recorded place where captives were acquired: Gold Coast, port unspecified. Principal recorded disembarkation place: Danish West Indies, colony unspecified. Estimated mortality during the crossing: 39.0%.

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