EVENT INFORMATION

5
January
1799

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

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📅 5 January 1799 📍 Guyana

Vessel: Peggy; flag: Great Britain; rig: Brig; estimated standardized tonnage: 123. People recorded in connection with the voyage: Investor: Buddicom Robert; Captain: Begg, William; Investor: Begg, William; Captain: Mill, John; Investor: Mill, John; Captain: Wier, George; Investor: Shand, Charles. The voyage began at Liverpool on 5 January 1799. Principal recorded place where captives were acquired: Rio Pongo (Sierra Leone). Principal recorded disembarkation place: Demerara. Recorded outcome: Shipwrecked or destroyed, after disembarkation.

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