EVENT INFORMATION

4
March
1805

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

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📅 4 March 1805 📍 Jamaica

Vessel: Swift; flag: Great Britain; rig: Schooner; estimated standardized tonnage: 97. People recorded in connection with the voyage: Investor: Backhouse, John; Investor: Milburne, Isaac; Investor: Meek, James; Investor: Lowndes, Thomas (Jr); Investor: Fairclough, Thomas; Investor: Hardy, Thomas; Investor: Hardy, John; Captain: Robinson, Batty; Investor: Garnett, John. The voyage began at Liverpool on 4 March 1805. Principal recorded place where captives were acquired: West Central Africa and St Helena, port unspecified. Principal recorded disembarkation place: Kingston. Recorded outcome: Captured unspecified after enslaved people disembarked.

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