EVENT INFORMATION

13
November
1775

The slave ship Swallow departed on a transatlantic slave-trading voyage that would carry enslaved Africans to Trinidad and Tobago.

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📅 13 November 1775 📍 Trinidad and Tobago

Vessel: Swallow; flag: Great Britain; rig: Brig; estimated standardized tonnage: 128.3. People recorded in connection with the voyage: Investor: Chilcott, J; Captain: Griffiths, Benjamin. The voyage began at Bristol on 13 November 1775. Principal recorded place where captives were acquired: Africa, port unspecified (Other Africa). Principal recorded disembarkation place: Zion Hill. Recorded outcome: Captured by United States after enslaved people disembarked.

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