EVENT INFORMATION

19
September
1798

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

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๐Ÿ“… 19 September 1798 ๐Ÿ“ Suriname

Vessel: Mercurius; flag: Denmark / Baltic; estimated standardized tonnage: 117.6. The voyage began at Hamburg on 19 September 1798. Principal recorded place where captives were acquired: Accra (Gold Coast). Principal recorded disembarkation place: Suriname, place unspecified.

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