EVENT INFORMATION

15
July
1775

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

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📅 15 July 1775 📍 Jamaica

Vessel: King George; flag: Great Britain; rig: Ship; estimated standardized tonnage: 182.3. People recorded in connection with the voyage: Investor: Anderson, J; Captain: Williams, Edmund. The voyage began at Bristol on 15 July 1775. Principal recorded place where captives were acquired: Anomabu (Gold Coast). Principal recorded disembarkation place: Jamaica, place unspecified. Recorded outcome: Captured by United States after enslaved people disembarked.

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