16972 – Shepherd (1738 – 1739) | The Register of British Slave-Traders (staging)

3.1 million enslaved people trafficked to the British colonies

Voyage ID: 16972

Was this a corporate crossing: No

Vessel

Name: Shepherd

Flags: gb

Tonnage: 218.3

Journey

Departure Year: 1738

Departure Location: Bristol

Arrival Year: 1739

Arrival Location: Bristol

Enslaved people

Principal purchase location: Loango

Principal landing location: Charleston

Number embarked: 373

Number disembarked: 339

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), DailyG,39.05.14.<>Daily Gazeteer (London), DailyG,39.07.24.<>Daily Gazeteer (London), DailyG,39.09.04.<>Daily Gazeteer (London)

16972 – Shepherd (1738 – 1739)

Vessel

Journey

Enslaved people

Outcome

Sources

Individuals (2)

P_10404_0037 - Edmund Saunders

P_10404_0288 - Abel Grant