EVENT INFORMATION

15
June
1712

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

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📅 15 June 1712 📍 Antigua and Barbuda

Vessel: Nightingale; flag: Great Britain; rig: Sloop; estimated standardized tonnage: 56.3. People recorded in connection with the voyage: Investor: Royal African Company; Captain: Taylor, Thomas. The voyage began at Antigua, place unspecified on 15 June 1712. Principal recorded place where captives were acquired: Cape Coast Castle (Gold Coast). Principal recorded disembarkation place: Saint John (Antigua). Estimated mortality during the crossing: 14.0%.

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