15264 – African Merchant (1686 – 1687)

Voyage ID: 15264

Was this a corporate crossing: Yes

Vessel

Name: African Merchant

Flags: gb

Tonnage: /

Journey

Departure Year: 1686

Departure Location: Barbados, port unspecified

Arrival Year: 1687

Arrival Location: /

Enslaved people

Principal purchase location: Whydah

Principal landing location: Barbados, port unspecified

Number embarked: 281

Number disembarked: 240

Number of deaths: 41

Outcome

Voyage completed as intended

Sources

T70/57,4<>BNA (Kew) (), T70/11,25<>BNA (Kew) (), T70/12,18<>BNA (Kew) (), CO388/10<>BNA (Kew), Rawl,C745,367<>Bodleian Library (Oxford, UK) Rawlinson mss, C745-747, Rawl,C747,21,42,46<>Bodleian Library (Oxford, UK) Rawlinson mss, C745-747

Individuals (2)

George Berkeley, First Earl of Berkeley

Investor type: Corporate

Corporate Role: Director

Benjamin Bathurst

Investor type: Corporate

Corporate Role: Director