15120 – Shrewsbury (1703 – 1704) | The Register of British Slave-Traders (staging)

3.1 million enslaved people trafficked to the British colonies

Voyage ID: 15120

Was this a corporate crossing: No

Vessel

Name: Shrewsbury

Flags: gb

Tonnage: 257.3

Journey

Departure Year: 1703

Departure Location: London

Arrival Year: 1704

Arrival Location: /

Enslaved people

Principal purchase location: Gold Coast, port unspecified

Principal landing location: Saint John (Antigua)

Number embarked: 300

Number disembarked: 250

Number of deaths: 50

Outcome

Voyage completed as intended

Sources

T70/14,43<>BNA (Kew) (), CO157/1,1<>BNA (Kew), Donnan,II,33<>Donnan, Elizabeth, ed., Documents Illustrative of the History of the Slave Trade to the Americas, vol. III (Washington, DC, 1930), LL,215<>House of Lords Record Office (London, UK) Lloyds’ Lists, 1702-04, T70/353,76,79,84<>BNA (Kew) (), LL,218<>House of Lords Record Office (London, UK) Lloyds’ Lists, 1702-04

Individuals (4)

P_10433_0403 - James Waite or Wayte

Role: Owner

P_10433_0421 - John Thompson

Role: Owner

P_10433_0418 - Roger Shuller

Role: Owner

P_10433_0906 - Sir Jeffrey Jeffreys

Role: Owner