16539 – Ruby (1728 – 1729) | The Register of British Slave-Traders (staging)

3.1 million enslaved people trafficked to the British colonies

Voyage ID: 16539

Was this a corporate crossing: No

Vessel

Name: Ruby

Flags: gb

Tonnage: 173.3

Journey

Departure Year: 1728

Departure Location: Bristol

Arrival Year: 1729

Arrival Location: Bristol

Enslaved people

Principal purchase location: Gold Coast, port unspecified

Principal landing location: Kingston

Number embarked: 297

Number disembarked: 238

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), DPB,29.05.29.<>Daily Post Boy, LEP,29.08.16.-19.<>London Evening Post, (London, England), Daily Post (London), 1720.04.29.<>Daily Post (London)

16539 – Ruby (1728 – 1729)

Vessel

Journey

Enslaved people

Outcome

Sources

Individuals (2)

P_10404_0466 - Henry (Jr) Lloyd

P_10404_0453 - Richard (Sr) Farr