3.1 million enslaved people trafficked to the British colonies
17187 – Polly (1747 – 1748)
Voyage ID: 17187
Was this a corporate crossing: No
Vessel
Name: Polly
Flags: gb
Tonnage: 218.3
Journey
Departure Year: 1747
Departure Location: Bristol
Arrival Year: 1748
Arrival Location: Bristol
Enslaved people
Principal purchase location: Gold Coast, port unspecified
Principal landing location: Kingston
Number embarked: 387
Number disembarked: 331
Number of deaths: /
Outcome
Voyage completed as intended
Sources
Richardson,III<><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>, BFP7/F7/7<><i>University of Melbourne Archives</i> (Melbourne, Australia) Bright Family Papers, BFP33, Letters, Vol 2, f.358<><i>University of Melbourne Archives</i> (Melbourne, Australia) Bright Family Papers