EVENT INFORMATION

15
December
1798

The slave ship Lord Duncan departed on a transatlantic slave-trading voyage that would carry enslaved Africans to Jamaica.

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📅 15 December 1798 📍 Jamaica

Vessel: Lord Duncan; flag: Great Britain; rig: Brig; estimated standardized tonnage: 145. People recorded in connection with the voyage: Investor: McDowal, Samuel; Investor: Twemlow, Thomas; Captain: Cowan, Alexander; Captain: Hodgson, John. The voyage began at Liverpool on 15 December 1798. Principal recorded place where captives were acquired: Benin (Bight of Benin). Principal recorded disembarkation place: Jamaica, place unspecified. Recorded outcome: Abandoned or condemned for unseaworthiness in the Americas.

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