3.1 million enslaved people trafficked to the British colonies
16309 – America (1722 – 1723)
Voyage ID: 16309
Was this a corporate crossing: No
Vessel
Name: America
Flags: gb
Tonnage: 92.3
Journey
Departure Year: 1722
Departure Location: Bristol
Arrival Year: 1723
Arrival Location: Bristol
Enslaved people
Principal purchase location: Gold Coast, port unspecified
Principal landing location: Barbados, port unspecified
Number embarked: 176
Number disembarked: 146
Number of deaths: /
Outcome
Vice-Admiralty Court, Barbados, condemned
Sources
Richardson,I<><p>Richardson, David, <em>Bristol</em><em>, Africa and the Eighteenth Century Slave Trade to America</em>: Volume 1, <em>The Years of Expansion, 1698-1729</em> (Bristol, 1986); Volume 2, <em>The Years of Ascendancy, 1730-1745</em> (Bristol, 1987); Volume 3, <em>The Years of Decline, 1746-1769</em> (Bristol, 1991); Volume 4, <em>The Final Years, 1770-1807</em> (Bristol, 1997)</p>, HCA15/34, Bundle A, "America Brigantine," pp. 1-13<><p>High Court of Admiralty, <p><em>British National Archives</em> (Kew)</p>