EVENT INFORMATION

8
September
1775

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

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📅 8 September 1775 📍 Barbados

Vessel: Baillies; flag: Great Britain; rig: Ship; estimated standardized tonnage: 182.3. People recorded in connection with the voyage: Investor: Kendall; Captain: Mercer, Th. The voyage began at Liverpool on 8 September 1775. Principal recorded place where captives were acquired: Benin (Bight of Benin). Principal recorded disembarkation place: Barbados, place unspecified. Recorded outcome: Condemned in the Americas by British after enslaved people disembarked.

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