EVENT INFORMATION

30
May
1796

The slave ship Mary departed on a transatlantic slave-trading voyage that would carry enslaved Africans to U.S. Virgin Islands.

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📅 30 May 1796 📍 U.S. Virgin Islands

Vessel: Mary; flag: Great Britain; rig: Ship; estimated standardized tonnage: 150. People recorded in connection with the voyage: Investor: Tarleton, Clayton; Investor: Rigg, William; Captain: Hunter, James. The voyage began at Liverpool on 30 May 1796. Principal recorded place where captives were acquired: Cameroons (Bight of Biafra and Gulf of Guinea islands). Principal recorded disembarkation place: St Croix. Recorded outcome: Shipwrecked or destroyed, after disembarkation.

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