EVENT INFORMATION

1
October
1797

The slave ship Charleston left the African coast carrying enslaved Africans toward Antigua and Barbuda. About 120 people had been taken aboard.

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📅 1 October 1797 📍 Antigua and Barbuda

Vessel: Charleston; flag: U.S.A.; rig: Ship; estimated standardized tonnage: 400. People recorded in connection with the voyage: Captain: Harris, Charles. Principal recorded place where captives were acquired: Senegambia and offshore Atlantic, port unspecified. Principal recorded disembarkation place: Saint John (Antigua). Recorded duration of the captives' Atlantic crossing: 35 days. Estimated mortality during the crossing: 9.0%. Recorded outcome: Condemned - Americas after disembarkation.

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