EVENT INFORMATION

21
October
1720

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

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📅 21 October 1720 📍 Jamaica

Vessel: Martha; flag: Great Britain; estimated standardized tonnage: 365.3. People recorded in connection with the voyage: Investor: Royal African Company; Captain: Levett, John. The voyage began at London on 21 October 1720. Principal recorded place where captives were acquired: Gambia (Senegambia and offshore Atlantic). Principal recorded disembarkation place: Jamaica, place unspecified.

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