EVENT INFORMATION

17
December
1689

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

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📅 17 December 1689 📍 Barbados

Vessel: China Merchant; flag: Great Britain; estimated standardized tonnage: 305.3. People recorded in connection with the voyage: Captain: Roberts, Henry; Investor: Royal African Company. The voyage began at London on 17 December 1689. Principal recorded place where captives were acquired: Whydah, Ouidah (Bight of Benin). Principal recorded disembarkation place: Barbados, place unspecified. Recorded outcome: Voyage completed as intended.

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