EVENT INFORMATION

4
July
1700

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

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📅 4 July 1700 📍 Jamaica

Vessel: Constantinople; flag: Great Britain; estimated standardized tonnage: 146.2. People recorded in connection with the voyage: Investor: Royal African Company; Captain: Drinkwater, Anthony. The voyage began at London on 4 July 1700. Principal recorded place where captives were acquired: Whydah, Ouidah (Bight of Benin). Principal recorded disembarkation place: Jamaica, place unspecified. Recorded outcome: Voyage completed as intended.

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