EVENT INFORMATION

19
August
1806

The slave ship Busy departed on a transatlantic slave-trading voyage that would carry enslaved Africans to British Virgin Islands.

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๐Ÿ“… 19 August 1806 ๐Ÿ“ British Virgin Islands

Vessel: Busy; flag: Great Britain; rig: Ship; estimated standardized tonnage: 197. People recorded in connection with the voyage: Investor: Cort, Benjamin; Captain: Walker, John. The voyage began at Liverpool on 19 August 1806. Principal recorded place where captives were acquired: Congo River (West Central Africa and St Helena). Principal recorded disembarkation place: Tortola, port unspecified. Recorded outcome: Vice-Admiralty Court, Tortola, condemned.

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