EVENT INFORMATION

16
November
1719

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

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📅 16 November 1719 📍 Jamaica

Vessel: Portugal Merchant; flag: Great Britain; estimated standardized tonnage: 160. People recorded in connection with the voyage: Captain: Roberts, Peter; Investor: Morice, Humphry; Captain: Boyle, William. The voyage began at London on 16 November 1719. Principal recorded place where captives were acquired: Whydah, Ouidah (Bight of Benin). Principal recorded disembarkation place: Jamaica, place unspecified.

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