EVENT INFORMATION

12
March
1783

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

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📅 12 March 1783 📍 Dominica

Vessel: Peggy; flag: Great Britain; rig: Brig; estimated standardized tonnage: 164.3. People recorded in connection with the voyage: Captain: Hodgson, Thomas; Investor: Hodgson, Thomas; Captain: Barrow, James; Investor: Barrow, James; Investor: Wickstead, Richard; Investor: Mason, Edward; Investor: Brown, Cornelius; Investor: Booth, George; Investor: Crosdale, William; Captain: Burrows, John; Investor: Burrows, John; Captain: Sarratt, Thomas. The voyage began at Liverpool on 12 March 1783. Principal recorded place where captives were acquired: Calabar (Bight of Biafra and Gulf of Guinea islands). Principal recorded disembarkation place: Dominica, place unspecified.

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