EVENT INFORMATION

16
May
1857

The slave ship RB Lawton departed on a transatlantic slave-trading voyage that would carry enslaved Africans to Cuba.

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📅 16 May 1857 📍 Cuba

Vessel: RB Lawton; flag: U.S.A.; rig: Brig; estimated standardized tonnage: 198. People recorded in connection with the voyage: Investor: Drinkwater, Frederick A. The voyage began at Havana on 16 May 1857. Principal recorded place where captives were acquired: Congo North (West Central Africa and St Helena). Principal recorded disembarkation place: Cuba, port unspecified. Recorded outcome: Shipwrecked or destroyed, after disembarkation.

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