EVENT INFORMATION

12
May
1791

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

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📅 12 May 1791 📍 Grenada

Vessel: Swift; flag: Great Britain; rig: Ship; estimated standardized tonnage: 171. People recorded in connection with the voyage: Investor: Rogers, James; Captain: Langdon, John; Captain: Laroche, Henry. The voyage began at Bristol on 12 May 1791. Principal recorded place where captives were acquired: Calabar (Bight of Biafra and Gulf of Guinea islands). Principal recorded disembarkation place: Grenada, place unspecified. Recorded duration of the captives' Atlantic crossing: 67 days. Estimated mortality during the crossing: 41.0%. Recorded outcome: Voyage completed as intended.

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