EVENT INFORMATION

28
July
1799

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

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📅 28 July 1799 📍 Guyana

Vessel: Harlequin; flag: Great Britain; rig: Brig; estimated standardized tonnage: 165. People recorded in connection with the voyage: Investor: Backhouse, John; Investor: Earle, Thomas; Captain: Earle, William; Investor: Earle, William; Investor: Coupland, William; Investor: Pickthall, Robert; Captain: Smale, Jno; Investor: Smale, Jno; Captain: Fisher, Ralph; Investor: Fisher, Ralph; Captain: Maginnis, John; Investor: Rawlins, Joseph; Investor: Molyneux, Edward. The voyage began at Liverpool on 28 July 1799. Principal recorded place where captives were acquired: West Central Africa and St Helena, port unspecified. Principal recorded disembarkation place: Demerara. Recorded outcome: Sold in the Americas after disembarking enslaved people.

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