EVENT INFORMATION

20
May
1781

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

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📅 20 May 1781 📍 Jamaica

Vessel: Dumfries; flag: Great Britain; rig: Ship; estimated standardized tonnage: 342.5. People recorded in connection with the voyage: Captain: Coleman, John; Captain: Currie, Alexander; Investor: Robinson, William. The voyage began at London on 20 May 1781. Principal recorded place where captives were acquired: Gold Coast, port unspecified. Principal recorded disembarkation place: Kingston. Recorded outcome: Shipwrecked or destroyed, after disembarkation.

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