EVENT INFORMATION

23
December
1804

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

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📅 23 December 1804 📍 Suriname

Vessel: Prescott; flag: Great Britain; rig: Ship; estimated standardized tonnage: 180. People recorded in connection with the voyage: Investor: Weston, John; Captain: Houghton, Thomas; Investor: Houghton, Thomas; Investor: Milburn, Issac. The voyage began at Liverpool on 23 December 1804. Principal recorded place where captives were acquired: Calabar (Bight of Biafra and Gulf of Guinea islands). Principal recorded disembarkation place: Suriname, place unspecified. Recorded outcome: Condemned - Americas after disembarkation.

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