17385 – America (1755 – 1756)

Voyage ID: 17385

Was this a corporate crossing: No

Vessel

Name: America

Flags: gb

Tonnage: 218.3

Journey

Departure Year: 1755

Departure Location: Bristol

Arrival Year: 1756

Arrival Location: Bristol

Enslaved people

Principal purchase location: Calabar

Principal landing location: St. Kitts, port unspecified

Number embarked: 358

Number disembarked: 300

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), Gazetteer and London Daily Advertiser,1756.10.16.<>Gazetteer and London Daily Advertiser

Individuals (1)

P_10404_0858 - Thomas Deane

Role: Owner