EVENT INFORMATION

19
August
1721

The slave ship Ferrers (a) Farres departed on a transatlantic slave-trading voyage that would carry enslaved Africans to Jamaica.

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📅 19 August 1721 📍 Jamaica

Vessel: Ferrers (a) Farres; flag: Great Britain; estimated standardized tonnage: 272.3. People recorded in connection with the voyage: Captain: Messervy, Francis Messerve; Captain: Aubin, Philip; Investor: Bignell, William. The voyage began at London on 19 August 1721. Principal recorded place where captives were acquired: Settra Kru (Windward Coast). Principal recorded disembarkation place: Kingston. Recorded resistance: Revolt by enslaved people. Recorded outcome: Shipwrecked or destroyed, after disembarkation.

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