17231 – Charming Betty (1749 – 1750)

Voyage ID: 17231

Was this a corporate crossing: No

Vessel

Name: Charming Betty

Flags: gb

Tonnage: 236.3

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: 327

Number disembarked: 280

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), LList, 17 July 1750<>Lloyds’ Lists (1741, 1744, 1747-53, 1755, 1757-58, 1760-77, 1779-1808), Minch,143<>Minchinton, Walter E., Celia King, and Peter Waite (eds.), Virginia Slave Trade Statistics, 1698-1775 (Richmond, 1984).

Individuals (1)

P_10404_0460 - James (Sr) Laroche

Role: Owner