EVENT INFORMATION

1
December
1705

The slave ship Content began acquiring enslaved Africans for transportation to Barbados.

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📅 1 December 1705 📍 Barbados

Vessel: Content; flag: Great Britain; estimated standardized tonnage: 56.3. People recorded in connection with the voyage: Investor: Royal African Company; Captain: Thorne, Joseph; Captain: Patrick, Stephen. The voyage began at Barbados, place unspecified. Principal recorded place where captives were acquired: Gold Coast, port unspecified. Principal recorded disembarkation place: Barbados, place unspecified. Estimated mortality during the crossing: 10.0%.

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