EVENT INFORMATION

15
December
1704

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

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📅 15 December 1704 📍 Jamaica

Vessel: Marlborough; flag: Great Britain; estimated standardized tonnage: 83.3. People recorded in connection with the voyage: Investor: Houlditch, Abraham; Investor: Brooke, Robert; Investor: Searle, Edward; Captain: Prince, Lawrence; Investor: Ways, Benjamin; Investor: Bernard, John; Investor: Grubar, Francis; Captain: Freake; Investor: Smith, John. The voyage began at London on 15 December 1704. Principal recorded place where captives were acquired: Gambia (Senegambia and offshore Atlantic). Principal recorded disembarkation place: Jamaica, place unspecified. Recorded resistance: Revolt by enslaved people.

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