EVENT INFORMATION

16
June
1799

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

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📅 16 June 1799 📍 Martinique

Vessel: Bonwick; flag: Great Britain; rig: Ship; estimated standardized tonnage: 198. People recorded in connection with the voyage: Investor: Flesher, Benjamin; Investor: Dilworth; Investor: Dawson, Major Richard; Investor: Kilshaw, Edward; Captain: Egerton, Thomas W. The voyage began at Liverpool on 16 June 1799. Principal recorded place where captives were acquired: Bight of Biafra and Gulf of Guinea Islands, port unspecified. Principal recorded disembarkation place: Martinique, place unspecified. Recorded outcome: Voyage completed as intended.

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