EVENT INFORMATION

2
August
1700

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

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📅 2 August 1700 📍 Jamaica

Vessel: Coventry; flag: Great Britain. People recorded in connection with the voyage: Investor: Houlditch, Abraham; Investor: Brooke, Robert; Investor: Matthews, Jonathan; Investor: Smith, Henry; Captain: Cook, William. The voyage began at London on 2 August 1700. Principal recorded place where captives were acquired: Cabinda (West Central Africa and St Helena). Principal recorded disembarkation place: Jamaica, place unspecified.

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