EVENT INFORMATION

31
May
1776

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

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📅 31 May 1776 📍 Martinique

Vessel: Gascoyne; flag: Great Britain; rig: Ship; estimated standardized tonnage: 257.3. People recorded in connection with the voyage: Captain: Bostock; Investor: Bostock; Investor: Burton, Geo; Investor: Coghlan, John; Captain: Thoburn. The voyage began at London on 31 May 1776. Principal recorded place where captives were acquired: Gold Coast, port unspecified. Principal recorded disembarkation place: Martinique, place unspecified. Recorded outcome: Captured by United States with enslaved people.

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