17196 – Alexander (1748 – 1749) | The Register of British Slave-Traders (staging)

3.1 million enslaved people trafficked to the British colonies

Voyage ID: 17196

Was this a corporate crossing: No

Vessel

Name: Alexander

Flags: gb

Tonnage: 365.3

Journey

Departure Year: 1748

Departure Location: Bristol

Arrival Year: 1749

Arrival Location: Bristol

Enslaved people

Principal purchase location: Gold Coast, port unspecified

Principal landing location: Kingston

Number embarked: 474

Number disembarked: 405

Number of deaths: /

Outcome

Voyage completed as intended

Sources

Richardson,III<>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), Donnan,II,472<>Donnan, Elizabeth, ed., Documents Illustrative of the History of the Slave Trade to the Americas, vol. III (Washington, DC, 1930), LList, 30 May 1749<>Lloyds’ Lists (1741, 1744, 1747-53, 1755, 1757-58, 1760-77, 1779-1808)

17196 – Alexander (1748 – 1749)

Vessel

Journey

Enslaved people

Outcome

Sources

Individuals (2)

P_10404_0867 - Henry West

P_10404_0879 - David Duncomb