EVENT INFORMATION

24
July
1804

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

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📅 24 July 1804 📍 Cuba

Vessel: Lark; flag: U.S.A.; rig: Brig; estimated standardized tonnage: 103. People recorded in connection with the voyage: Captain: Moores, Thomas M; Investor: Moores, Thomas M; Investor: D'Wolf, John. The voyage began at Bristol (RI) on 24 July 1804. Principal recorded disembarkation place: Havana. Recorded duration of the captives' Atlantic crossing: 16 days. Estimated mortality during the crossing: 18.6%.

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