EVENT INFORMATION

6
March
1806

The slave ship Speedy departed on a transatlantic slave-trading voyage that would carry enslaved Africans to Antigua and Barbuda.

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📅 6 March 1806 📍 Antigua and Barbuda

Vessel: Speedy; flag: Great Britain; rig: Ship; estimated standardized tonnage: 321. People recorded in connection with the voyage: Captain: Atkins, Henry; Captain: Laten, John; Investor: Swanzy; Investor: Bynon, Thomas Miles. The voyage began at London on 6 March 1806. Principal recorded place where captives were acquired: Cape Coast Castle (Gold Coast). Principal recorded disembarkation place: Saint John (Antigua). Recorded outcome: Captured by the French - after enslaved people disembarked.

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