15065 – Swallow (1678 – 1679) | The Register of British Slave-Traders (staging)

3.1 million enslaved people trafficked to the British colonies

Voyage ID: 15065

Was this a corporate crossing: Yes

Vessel

Name: Swallow

Flags: gb

Tonnage: /

Journey

Departure Year: 1678

Departure Location: London

Arrival Year: 1679

Arrival Location: /

Enslaved people

Principal purchase location: New Calabar

Principal landing location: Virginia, port unspecified

Number embarked: 179

Number disembarked: 160

Number of deaths: 19

Outcome

Voyage completed as intended

Sources

T70/15,18,19<>BNA (Kew) (), T70/1222,74<>BNA (Kew) (), T70/962,52<>BNA (Kew) (), Donnan,I,250<>Donnan, Elizabeth, ed., Documents Illustrative of the History of the Slave Trade to the Americas, vol. III (Washington, DC, 1930)

Individuals (3)

George Berkeley, First Earl of Berkeley

Investor type: Corporate

Corporate Role: Director

Benjamin Bathurst

Investor type: Corporate

Corporate Role: Director

Sir Robert Clayton

Investor type: Corporate

Corporate Role: Director