EVENT INFORMATION

4
June
1775

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

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📅 4 June 1775 📍 Jamaica

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: French, Dominique; Investor: Newbld; Captain: Colley, T. The voyage began at Liverpool on 4 June 1775. Principal recorded place where captives were acquired: Popo (Bight of Benin). Principal recorded disembarkation place: Jamaica, place unspecified. Recorded outcome: Voyage completed as intended.

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