EVENT INFORMATION

11
December
1704

The slave ship Royall Africa departed on a transatlantic slave-trading voyage that would carry enslaved Africans to Antigua and Barbuda.

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📅 11 December 1704 📍 Antigua and Barbuda

Vessel: Royall Africa; flag: Great Britain; rig: Ship; estimated standardized tonnage: 398.1. People recorded in connection with the voyage: Investor: Royal African Company; Captain: Mackley, Thomas. The voyage began at London on 11 December 1704. Principal recorded place where captives were acquired: Cape Coast Castle (Gold Coast). Principal recorded disembarkation place: Saint John (Antigua). Estimated mortality during the crossing: 9.0%. Recorded outcome: Condemned in the Americas by British after enslaved people disembarked.

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