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Elmina, Ghana

First mate’s logbook

Good weather throughout the day. We assembled 3 water barrels and we got 2 canoes with water and a boat with 9 male slaves on board. In the afternoon a male slave fell overboard and According to the surgeon this happened on 22 April 1762 drowned immediately, No. 7. Later in the evening and at night a stiff breeze from SW, stormy skies, and thunder and lightning until morning.