EVENT INFORMATION

31
July
1804

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

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📅 31 July 1804 📍 Dominica

Vessel: Alexander; flag: Great Britain; rig: Ship; estimated standardized tonnage: 262. People recorded in connection with the voyage: Investor: Brade, William; Investor: Brade, James; Investor: Horton, Richard; Captain: Dickson, James; Investor: Dickson, James; Investor: Smith, William. The voyage began at Liverpool on 31 July 1804. Principal recorded place where captives were acquired: Bonny (Bight of Biafra and Gulf of Guinea islands). Principal recorded disembarkation place: Dominica, place unspecified. Recorded outcome: Captured by the French - after enslaved people disembarked.

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