EVENT INFORMATION

6
May
1799

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

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📅 6 May 1799 📍 Jamaica

Vessel: Lord Thurlow; flag: Great Britain; rig: Ship; estimated standardized tonnage: 222. People recorded in connection with the voyage: Investor: Clarke, John; Investor: Clarke, Henry; Captain: Welsh, Patrick; Investor: Welsh, Patrick; Captain: Jones, John; Captain: Shaw, Robert. The voyage began at Liverpool on 6 May 1799. Principal recorded place where captives were acquired: Bight of Biafra and Gulf of Guinea Islands, port unspecified. Principal recorded disembarkation place: Kingston. Recorded outcome: Abandoned or condemned for unseaworthiness in the Americas.

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