EVENT INFORMATION

27
September
1788

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

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📅 27 September 1788 📍 Jamaica

Vessel: Fly; flag: Great Britain; estimated standardized tonnage: 27. People recorded in connection with the voyage: Investor: Rogers, James; Captain: Walker, James. The voyage began at Bristol on 27 September 1788. Principal recorded place where captives were acquired: Sierra Leone estuary. Principal recorded disembarkation place: Black River. Recorded outcome: Shipwrecked or destroyed, after disembarkation.

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