EVENT INFORMATION

30
August
1701

The slave ship Canterbury departed on a transatlantic slave-trading voyage that would carry enslaved Africans to Antigua and Barbuda.

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📅 30 August 1701 📍 Antigua and Barbuda

Vessel: Canterbury; flag: Great Britain; rig: Ship. People recorded in connection with the voyage: Investor: Royal African Company; Captain: Read, William. The voyage began at London on 30 August 1701. Principal recorded place where captives were acquired: Calabar (Bight of Biafra and Gulf of Guinea islands). Principal recorded disembarkation place: Saint John (Antigua). Recorded outcome: Voyage completed as intended.

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