EVENT INFORMATION

5
May
1796

The slave ship Flyer arrived with enslaved Africans in Barbados. About 147 people had been taken aboard and approximately 140 arrived.

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📅 5 May 1796 📍 Barbados

Vessel: Flyer; flag: Great Britain; rig: Sloop; estimated standardized tonnage: 130. People recorded in connection with the voyage: Investor: McDowal, Samuel; Investor: Leigh, Roger; Captain: Carlile, Ladwick; Investor: Twemlow, Thomas; Investor: Denney, Plato; Investor: Machett, James; Investor: Curran, William. The voyage began at Liverpool on 1 July 1795. Principal recorded place where captives were acquired: Anomabu (Gold Coast). Principal recorded disembarkation place: Barbados, place unspecified. Recorded outcome: Shipwrecked or destroyed, after disembarkation.

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