15005 – Postillion (1704 – 1704) | The Register of British Slave-Traders (staging)

3.1 million enslaved people trafficked to the British colonies

Voyage ID: 15005

Was this a corporate crossing: Yes

Vessel

Name: Postillion

Flags: gb

Tonnage: 67.8

Journey

Departure Year: 1704

Departure Location: London

Arrival Year: 1704

Arrival Location: Milford Haven

Enslaved people

Principal purchase location: Gambia

Principal landing location: Virginia, port unspecified

Number embarked: 100

Number disembarked: 81

Number of deaths: 19

Outcome

Voyage completed as intended

Sources

T70/13,71<>BNA (Kew) (), T70/952,15-7,22-3<>BNA (Kew) (), T70/920<>BNA (Kew) (), Donnan,IV,173<>Donnan, Elizabeth, ed., Documents Illustrative of the History of the Slave Trade to the Americas, vol. III (Washington, DC, 1930), T70/14,40<>BNA (Kew) (), T70/175,179,158<>BNA (Kew) (), Minch,15<>Minchinton, Walter E., Celia King, and Peter Waite (eds.), Virginia Slave Trade Statistics, 1698-1775 (Richmond, 1984)., T70/353,88,90<>BNA (Kew) (), LL,222<>House of Lords Record Office (London, UK) Lloyds’ Lists, 1702-04

Individuals

No information