3.1 million enslaved people trafficked to the British colonies
16952 – Margaret (1738 – 1739)
Voyage ID: 16952
Was this a corporate crossing: No
Vessel
Name: Margaret
Flags: gb
Tonnage: 128.3
Journey
Departure Year: 1738
Departure Location: Bristol
Arrival Year: 1739
Arrival Location: Bristol
Enslaved people
Principal purchase location: Bight of Biafra and Gulf of Guinea Islands, port unspecified
Principal landing location: Barbados, port unspecified
Number embarked: 271
Number disembarked: 217
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>, BRO, SMV/9/3/3/1,37<><i>Bristol Record Office</i> (Bristol, UK) Society of Merchant Venturers, Sailors’ petitions for relief from the Society of Merchant Venturers, DailyG,39.07.31.<><p>Daily Gazeteer (London)</p>