EVENT INFORMATION

5
January
1714

The slave ship John Gally departed on a transatlantic slave-trading voyage that would carry enslaved Africans to Jamaica.

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📅 5 January 1714 📍 Jamaica

Vessel: John Gally; flag: Great Britain; rig: Ship; estimated standardized tonnage: 182.3. People recorded in connection with the voyage: Investor: Royal African Company; Captain: Griftin, Ambrose Griffin, Ambrose. The voyage began at London on 5 January 1714. Principal recorded place where captives were acquired: Senegambia and offshore Atlantic, port unspecified. Principal recorded disembarkation place: Port Royal. Recorded duration of the captives' Atlantic crossing: 28 days. Estimated mortality during the crossing: 2.6%.

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