EVENT INFORMATION

16
August
1786

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

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📅 16 August 1786 📍 Antigua and Barbuda

Vessel: Crescent; flag: Great Britain; rig: Schooner; estimated standardized tonnage: 64. People recorded in connection with the voyage: Captain: Johnson, Robert; Investor: Johnson, Robert; Investor: Willock, Alexander; Captain: Greaves, George; Investor: Greaves, George; Investor: Rodie, Thomas; Investor: Sidwell, Boyce; Captain: Hamerton, James. The voyage began at Liverpool on 16 August 1786. Principal recorded place where captives were acquired: Sierra Leone estuary. Principal recorded disembarkation place: Antigua, place unspecified. Recorded outcome: Sold in the Americas after disembarking enslaved people.

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