3.1 million enslaved people trafficked to the British colonies
16920 – Shepherd (1737 – 1738)
Voyage ID: 16920
Was this a corporate crossing: No
Vessel
Name: Shepherd
Flags: gb
Tonnage: 218.3
Journey
Departure Year: 1737
Departure Location: Bristol
Arrival Year: 1738
Arrival Location: Bristol
Enslaved people
Principal purchase location: West Central Africa and St. Helena, port unspecified
Principal landing location: Charleston
Number embarked: 396
Number disembarked: 360
Number of deaths: /
Outcome
Voyage completed as intended
Sources
Richardson,II<><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>, VG,11Nov,1737<><i>Virginia Gazette</i>, DP,38.06.06.<><i>Daily Post</i>