EVENT INFORMATION

26
April
1801

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

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📅 26 April 1801 📍 Guyana

Vessel: Lady Nelson; flag: Great Britain; rig: Ship; estimated standardized tonnage: 294. People recorded in connection with the voyage: Investor: McDowal, Samuel; Investor: Twemlow, Thomas; Captain: Cowen, Alexander. The voyage began at Liverpool on 26 April 1801. Principal recorded place where captives were acquired: Gold Coast, port unspecified. Principal recorded disembarkation place: Demerara. Recorded outcome: Abandoned or condemned for unseaworthiness in the Americas.

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