EVENT INFORMATION

1
August
1807

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

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๐Ÿ“… 1 August 1807 ๐Ÿ“ British Virgin Islands

Vessel: Amedie; flag: U.S.A.; rig: Brig; estimated standardized tonnage: 111. People recorded in connection with the voyage: Investor: Grove, Samuel; Investor: Poe, de; Captain: Robin, Martin; Captain: Johnson, James. The voyage began at Charleston on 1 August 1807. Principal recorded place where captives were acquired: Bonny (Bight of Biafra and Gulf of Guinea islands). Principal recorded disembarkation place: Tortola, port unspecified. Recorded duration of the captives' Atlantic crossing: 50 days. Estimated mortality during the crossing: 5.0%. Recorded outcome: Vice-Admiralty Court, Tortola, condemned.

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