16768 – Mercury (1733 – 1734)

Voyage ID: 16768

Was this a corporate crossing: No

Vessel

Name: Mercury

Flags: gb

Tonnage: 155.3

Journey

Departure Year: 1733

Departure Location: Bristol

Arrival Year: 1734

Arrival Location: Bristol

Enslaved people

Principal purchase location: West Central Africa and St. Helena, port unspecified

Principal landing location: Jamaica, port unspecified

Number embarked: 386

Number disembarked: 351

Number of deaths: /

Outcome

Voyage completed as intended

Sources

Richardson,II<>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,34.07.06.<>Daily Post Boy, StJEP,34.07.04-06.<>Saint James’ Evening Post, RWJ,34.07.13.<>Read's Weekly Journal; or, British Gazetteer, ADM7/78,122<>British National Archives (Kew), Admiralty

Individuals (1)

P_10404_0460 - James (Sr) Laroche

Role: Owner