EVENT INFORMATION

10
March
1799

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

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📅 10 March 1799 📍 Jamaica

Vessel: Amazon; flag: Great Britain; rig: Ship; estimated standardized tonnage: 446. People recorded in connection with the voyage: Investor: Cullen, Michael; Captain: Brown, George; Investor: Brown, George; Investor: Thornton, Thomas; Investor: Still, Samuel Sandford; Investor: Thornton, Richard; Captain: Graham, William. The voyage began at Liverpool on 10 March 1799. Principal recorded place where captives were acquired: Calabar (Bight of Biafra and Gulf of Guinea islands). Principal recorded disembarkation place: Kingston. Recorded outcome: Voyage completed as intended.

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