16506 – Benedicta (1728 – 1728) | The Register of British Slave-Traders (staging)

3.1 million enslaved people trafficked to the British colonies

Voyage ID: 16506

Was this a corporate crossing: No

Vessel

Name: Benedicta

Flags: gb

Tonnage: 146.3

Journey

Departure Year: 1728

Departure Location: Bristol

Arrival Year: 1728

Arrival Location: Bristol

Enslaved people

Principal purchase location: Gambia

Principal landing location: Virginia, port unspecified

Number embarked: 169

Number disembarked: 150

Number of deaths: /

Outcome

Voyage completed as intended

Sources

Richardson,I<>Richardson, David, Bristol, Africa and the Eighteenth Century Slave Trade to America: Volume 1, The Years of Expansion, 1698-1729 (Bristol, 1986); Volume 2, The Years of Ascendancy, 1730-1745 (Bristol, 1987); Volume 3, The Years of Decline, 1746-1769 (Bristol, 1991); Volume 4, The Final Years, 1770-1807 (Bristol, 1997), T70/7,f.87v<>BNA (Kew) ()

Individuals (1)

P_10404_0085 - Richard Henvill

Role: Owner