EVENT INFORMATION

19
June
1798

The slave ship Blackney departed on a transatlantic slave-trading voyage that would carry enslaved Africans to Cuba.

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📅 19 June 1798 📍 Cuba

Vessel: Blackney; flag: U.S.A.; rig: Schooner; estimated standardized tonnage: 43. People recorded in connection with the voyage: Captain: Munro, John; Investor: Munro, John; Investor: Bourne, John; Investor: Babbit, Jacob. The voyage began at Newport on 19 June 1798. Principal recorded place where captives were acquired: Senegambia and offshore Atlantic, port unspecified. Principal recorded disembarkation place: Cuba, port unspecified. Recorded outcome: Bought at least one slave in Africa - subsequent fate unknown.

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