EVENT INFORMATION

27
March
1711

The slave ship Mercury Gally departed on a transatlantic slave-trading voyage that would carry enslaved Africans to Antigua and Barbuda.

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📅 27 March 1711 📍 Antigua and Barbuda

Vessel: Mercury Gally; flag: Great Britain; rig: Ship; estimated standardized tonnage: 164.3. People recorded in connection with the voyage: Investor: Hill, John; Captain: Waite, james; Investor: Waite, james; Investor: Houlditch, Abraham; Investor: Brooke, Robert; Captain: Mackett, William; Investor: Sitwell; Investor: Hoare, John. The voyage began at London on 27 March 1711. Principal recorded place where captives were acquired: Africa, port unspecified (Other Africa). Principal recorded disembarkation place: Saint John (Antigua).

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