EVENT INFORMATION

5
September
1799

The slave ship Charlotte departed on a transatlantic slave-trading voyage that would carry enslaved Africans to Trinidad and Tobago.

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📅 5 September 1799 📍 Trinidad and Tobago

Vessel: Charlotte; flag: Great Britain; rig: Ship; estimated standardized tonnage: 210. People recorded in connection with the voyage: Investor: Taylor, Michael; Captain: Bailey, Thomas; Investor: Bailey, Thomas; Investor: Cantrell, Ralph; Investor: Grimshaw, Roger [Martinique]; Captain: Crow, William; Captain: Reed, Chambers. The voyage began at Liverpool on 5 September 1799. Principal recorded place where captives were acquired: New Calabar (Bight of Biafra and Gulf of Guinea islands). Principal recorded disembarkation place: Trinidad, port unspecified. Recorded outcome: Shipwrecked or destroyed, after disembarkation.

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