EVENT INFORMATION

22
June
1791

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

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📅 22 June 1791 📍 Jamaica

Vessel: Gambia; flag: Great Britain; rig: Brig; estimated standardized tonnage: 167. People recorded in connection with the voyage: Investor: Miles; Investor: Weuves, Jerome B; Captain: Proudfoot, John. The voyage began at London on 22 June 1791. Principal recorded place where captives were acquired: Whydah, Ouidah (Bight of Benin). Principal recorded disembarkation place: Montego Bay. Recorded duration of the captives' Atlantic crossing: 46 days. Recorded outcome: Voyage completed as intended.

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