17237 – Hawk (1749 – 1750) | The Register of British Slave-Traders (staging)

3.1 million enslaved people trafficked to the British colonies

Voyage ID: 17237

Was this a corporate crossing: No

Vessel

Name: Hawk

Flags: gb

Tonnage: 200.3

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: Saint John (Antigua)

Number embarked: 276

Number disembarked: 209

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, 11 May 1750<>Lloyds’ Lists (1741, 1744, 1747-53, 1755, 1757-58, 1760-77, 1779-1808)

Individuals (1)

P_10404_0663 - Organ Furnell

Role: Captain