EVENT INFORMATION

6
October
1792

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

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📅 6 October 1792 📍 Jamaica

Vessel: Commerce; flag: Great Britain; rig: Ship; estimated standardized tonnage: 125. People recorded in connection with the voyage: Investor: Slater, Gill; Investor: Dickson, William; Captain: Withering, Richard. The voyage began at Liverpool on 6 October 1792. Principal recorded place where captives were acquired: West Central Africa and St Helena, port unspecified. Principal recorded disembarkation place: Kingston. Recorded outcome: Shipwrecked or destroyed, after disembarkation.

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