EVENT INFORMATION

2
November
1797

The slave ship Harlequin arrived with enslaved Africans in Barbados. About 272 people had been taken aboard and approximately 252 arrived.

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📅 2 November 1797 📍 Barbados

Vessel: Harlequin; flag: Great Britain; rig: Brig; estimated standardized tonnage: 155. People recorded in connection with the voyage: Captain: Colley, Jas Eckly; Investor: Colley, Jas Eckly; Investor: Earle, Thomas; Captain: Earle, William; Investor: Earle, William; Investor: Coupland, William; Investor: Pickthall, Robert; Captain: Topping, Jesse; Captain: Smale, Jno; Investor: Smale, Jno; Investor: Molyneux, Edmund; Captain: Higgins, Isaac. The voyage began at Liverpool on 30 July 1796. Principal recorded place where captives were acquired: Cape Mount (Cape Grand Mount) (Windward Coast). Principal recorded disembarkation place: Barbados, place unspecified. Recorded outcome: Sold in the Americas after disembarking enslaved people.

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