EVENT INFORMATION

3
August
1714

The slave ship Florida arrived with enslaved Africans in Antigua and Barbuda. About 360 people had been taken aboard and approximately 240 arrived.

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Slave voyages 📅 3 August 1714 📍 Antigua and Barbuda

Vessel: Florida; flag: Great Britain; estimated standardized tonnage: 398.1. People recorded in connection with the voyage: Captain: Payne, Samuel. The voyage began at London on 1714. Principal recorded place where captives were acquired: Calabar (Bight of Biafra and Gulf of Guinea islands). Principal recorded disembarkation place: Saint John (Antigua). Recorded duration of the captives' Atlantic crossing: 70 days. Estimated mortality during the crossing: 33.0%.

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