EVENT INFORMATION

3
August
1722

The slave ship Dove arrived with enslaved Africans in Jamaica. About 253 people had been taken aboard and approximately 244 arrived.

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📅 3 August 1722 📍 Jamaica

Vessel: Dove; flag: Great Britain; estimated standardized tonnage: 108.1. People recorded in connection with the voyage: Investor: Royal African Company; Captain: Onley, Plater. The voyage began at London on 13 March 1722. Principal recorded place where captives were acquired: Gambia (Senegambia and offshore Atlantic). Principal recorded disembarkation place: Kingston. Recorded duration of the captives' Atlantic crossing: 45 days. Estimated mortality during the crossing: 3.6%. Recorded outcome: Condemned - Americas after disembarkation.

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