EVENT INFORMATION

8
July
1792

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

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📅 8 July 1792 📍 Jamaica

Vessel: Friendship; flag: Great Britain; rig: Brig; estimated standardized tonnage: 149. People recorded in connection with the voyage: Investor: Rogers, James; Captain: Hutcheson, William; Investor: Fitzhenry, Patrick; Captain: Simpson, John. The voyage began at Bristol on 8 July 1792. Principal recorded place where captives were acquired: New Calabar (Bight of Biafra and Gulf of Guinea islands). Principal recorded disembarkation place: Montego Bay. Estimated mortality during the crossing: 14.0%. Recorded outcome: Voyage completed as intended.

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