Lord Ligonier (slave ship)

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History
Great Britain
Name	Lord Ligonier
Namesake	John Ligonier, 1st Earl Ligonier
Owner	1765, James Debatt, Daniel Vialars[1]
Operator	Thomas Davies
Port of registry	London, England[1]
Route	Annapolis, Maryland to London, England to The Gambia
Builder	Built in New England[1]
Laid down	1763
Launched	1765
Completed	July 1765
Acquired	c. 1765
Fate	Unknown
General characteristics
Class and type	Slave ship
Tons burthen	130[1] (bm)
Decks	6
Propulsion	Wind
Sail plan	Ship rig[1]
Capacity	210 people
Crew	40
Armament	6 guns[1]

Lord Ligonier was an 18th-century British slave ship built in New England that unloaded enslaved Africans in Annapolis, Maryland in 1767. The ship was made famous by Alex Haley's novel, Roots: The Saga of an American Family, in which it brought his ancestor, Kunta Kinte, from The Gambia to the colonial United States.