EVENT INFORMATION

10
July
1718

The slave ship Scipio Frigate departed on a transatlantic slave-trading voyage that would carry enslaved Africans to Barbados.

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📅 10 July 1718 📍 Barbados

Vessel: Scipio Frigate; flag: Great Britain; rig: Ship; estimated standardized tonnage: 365.3. People recorded in connection with the voyage: Captain: Barlow, Samuel; Investor: South Sea Company. The voyage began at London on 10 July 1718. Principal recorded place where captives were acquired: Whydah, Ouidah (Bight of Benin). Principal recorded disembarkation place: Barbados, place unspecified.

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