EVENT INFORMATION

24
December
1787

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

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📅 24 December 1787 📍 Suriname

Vessel: Aurora; flag: Netherlands; rig: Barque (Dutch); estimated standardized tonnage: 343.1. People recorded in connection with the voyage: Investor: Cateau; Investor: Rietveld, Dirk; Captain: Bollaard, Hermanus; Captain: Noordhoek, Jacobus; Captain: Makins, George. The voyage began at Vlissingen on 24 December 1787. Principal recorded place where captives were acquired: Cape Lahou (Windward Coast). Principal recorded disembarkation place: Suriname, place unspecified. Recorded outcome: Voyage completed as intended.

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