EVENT INFORMATION

9
January
1808

The slave ship Tartar left the African coast carrying enslaved Africans toward Barbados. About 168 people had been taken aboard.

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📅 9 January 1808 📍 Barbados

Vessel: Tartar; flag: U.S.A.; rig: Brig; estimated standardized tonnage: 160. People recorded in connection with the voyage: Captain: Tavel, Frederick; Investor: Tavel, Frederick; Investor: M'Guire; Investor: Kearson, Patrick; Investor: Sammo, Samual; Captain: White; Investor: White; Investor: Roux, Francis; Captain: Taylor, James. The voyage began at Charleston on 22 November 1806. Principal recorded place where captives were acquired: Rio Pongo (Sierra Leone). Principal recorded disembarkation place: Barbados, place unspecified. Recorded duration of the captives' Atlantic crossing: 24 days. Estimated mortality during the crossing: 5.0%. Recorded outcome: Vice-Admiralty Court, Barbados, condemned.

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