EVENT INFORMATION

23
September
1710

The slave ship Camwood Merchant departed on a transatlantic slave-trading voyage that would carry enslaved Africans to Barbados.

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📅 23 September 1710 📍 Barbados

Vessel: Camwood Merchant; flag: Great Britain. People recorded in connection with the voyage: Investor: Royal African Company; Captain: Barber, Isaac. The voyage began at London on 23 September 1710. Principal recorded place where captives were acquired: Cape Coast Castle (Gold Coast). Principal recorded disembarkation place: Barbados, place unspecified. Estimated mortality during the crossing: 19.5%. Recorded outcome: Returned direct to Africa after bringing enslaved people to the Americas.

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