EVENT INFORMATION

21
March
1786

The slave ship Adventure departed on a transatlantic slave-trading voyage that would carry enslaved Africans to Antigua and Barbuda.

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📅 21 March 1786 📍 Antigua and Barbuda

Vessel: Adventure; flag: Great Britain; rig: Sloop; estimated standardized tonnage: 40. People recorded in connection with the voyage: Captain: Gibson, John James; Investor: Pearson. The voyage began at London on 21 March 1786. Principal recorded place where captives were acquired: Bance/Bunce Island (Sierra Leone). Principal recorded disembarkation place: Saint John (Antigua).

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