EVENT INFORMATION

25
December
1776

The slave ship Beggar's Bennison departed on a transatlantic slave-trading voyage that would carry enslaved Africans to Jamaica.

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๐Ÿ“… 25 December 1776 ๐Ÿ“ Jamaica

Vessel: Beggar's Bennison; flag: Great Britain; rig: Sloop; estimated standardized tonnage: 56.3. People recorded in connection with the voyage: Investor: Mather, James; Captain: Hamilton, John. The voyage began at London on 25 December 1776. Principal recorded place where captives were acquired: Saint-Louis (Senegambia and offshore Atlantic). Principal recorded disembarkation place: Jamaica, place unspecified.

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