EVENT INFORMATION

26
July
1788

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

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📅 26 July 1788 📍 Grenada

Vessel: Ellen; flag: Great Britain; rig: Schooner; estimated standardized tonnage: 89. People recorded in connection with the voyage: Investor: Kewley; Investor: Kewley, Patrick; Captain: Foulkes, John. The voyage began at Liverpool on 26 July 1788. Principal recorded place where captives were acquired: Cameroons (Bight of Biafra and Gulf of Guinea islands). Principal recorded disembarkation place: Grenada, place unspecified. Recorded outcome: Returned direct to Africa after bringing enslaved people to the Americas.

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