3.1 million enslaved people trafficked to the British colonies
16997 – Medway (1739 – 1740)
Voyage ID: 16997
Was this a corporate crossing: No
Vessel
Name: Medway
Flags: gb
Tonnage: 146.3
Journey
Departure Year: 1739
Departure Location: Bristol
Arrival Year: 1740
Arrival Location: Bristol
Enslaved people
Principal purchase location: Africa., port unspecified
Principal landing location: Charleston
Number embarked: 185
Number disembarked: 148
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>, DailyG,40.11.26.<><p>Daily Gazeteer (London)</p>, DailyG,41.01.08.<><p>Daily Gazeteer (London)</p>