EVENT INFORMATION

29
October
1703

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

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📅 29 October 1703 📍 Martinique

Vessel: Swan; flag: Great Britain; estimated standardized tonnage: 92.9. People recorded in connection with the voyage: Investor: Royal African Company; Investor: Moore, Joseph; Captain: Eaglefield, Richard. The voyage began at London on 29 October 1703. Principal recorded place where captives were acquired: Gambia (Senegambia and offshore Atlantic). Principal recorded disembarkation place: Martinique, place unspecified. Recorded outcome: Captured by the French - after embarkation of enslaved people.

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