EVENT INFORMATION

1
August
1799

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

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๐Ÿ“… 1 August 1799 ๐Ÿ“ Jamaica

Vessel: Columbus; flag: Great Britain; rig: Ship; estimated standardized tonnage: 359. People recorded in connection with the voyage: Investor: Timperon, Joseph; Investor: Litt, W; Captain: Hird, James. The voyage began at London on 1 August 1799. Principal recorded place where captives were acquired: Bonny (Bight of Biafra and Gulf of Guinea islands). Principal recorded disembarkation place: Kingston.

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