17227 – Africa (1749 – 1750)
Voyage ID: 17227
Was this a corporate crossing: No
Vessel
Name: Africa
Flags: gb
Tonnage: 164.3
Journey
Departure Year: 1749
Departure Location: Bristol
Arrival Year: 1750
Arrival Location: Bristol
Enslaved people
Principal purchase location: Bight of Biafra and Gulf of Guinea Islands, port unspecified
Principal landing location: Upper James River
Number embarked: 341
Number disembarked: 280
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>, LList, 25 Sept 1750<><i>Lloyds’ Lists (1741, 1744, 1747-53, 1755, 1757-58, 1760-77, 1779-1808)</i>, Minch,143<>Minchinton, Walter E., Celia King, and Peter Waite (eds.), <i>Virginia</i><i> Slave Trade Statistics, 1698-1775</i> (Richmond, 1984).
Individuals (2)
P_10404_0548 - Joseph Iles
Role: Owner
P_10404_0833 - William Miller
Role: Captain