EVENT INFORMATION

26
January
1701

The slave ship Royal Africa departed on a transatlantic slave-trading voyage that would carry enslaved Africans to Barbados.

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📅 26 January 1701 📍 Barbados

Vessel: Royal Africa; flag: Great Britain; estimated standardized tonnage: 275.7. People recorded in connection with the voyage: Investor: Royal African Company; Captain: Holloway, John; Captain: Gates, Alex. The voyage began at London on 26 January 1701. Principal recorded place where captives were acquired: Whydah, Ouidah (Bight of Benin). Principal recorded disembarkation place: Barbados, place unspecified. Recorded outcome: Voyage completed as intended.

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