EVENT INFORMATION

30
May
1701

The slave ship Cape Coast Frigate departed on a transatlantic slave-trading voyage that would carry enslaved Africans to Saint Kitts and Nevis.

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📅 30 May 1701 📍 Saint Kitts and Nevis

Vessel: Cape Coast Frigate; flag: Great Britain; estimated standardized tonnage: 221.9. People recorded in connection with the voyage: Investor: Royal African Company; Captain: Groome, Robert. The voyage began at London on 30 May 1701. Principal recorded place where captives were acquired: Gold Coast, port unspecified. Principal recorded disembarkation place: Newcastle (Nevis). Recorded outcome: Captured by the French - after enslaved people disembarked.

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