16500 – Shepherd (1727 – 1728)
Voyage ID: 16500
Was this a corporate crossing: No
Vessel
Name: Shepherd
Flags: gb
Tonnage: 218.3
Journey
Departure Year: 1727
Departure Location: Bristol
Arrival Year: 1728
Arrival Location: Bristol
Enslaved people
Principal purchase location: Whydah
Principal landing location: Kingston
Number embarked: 373
Number disembarked: 295
Number of deaths: /
Outcome
Voyage completed as intended
Sources
Law,Corr, 35<><p>Law, Robin, <em>Correspondence of the Royal African Company's Chief Merchants at Cabo Corso Castle with William's Fort, Whydah, and the Little Popo Factory, 1727-1728</em> (Wisconsin, 1991)</p>, 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>, DJ,28.12.17.<><i>Daily Journal</i>, DPB,28.10.10.<><i>Daily Post Boy</i>, DJ,28.12.13.<><i>Daily Journal</i>
Individuals (3)
P_10404_0476 - James Thompson
Role: Owner
P_10404_9990 - John Smith
Role: Captain
P_10404_0288 - Abel Grant
Role: Owner