3.1 million enslaved people trafficked to the British colonies
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<><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>, Gazetteer and London Daily Advertiser,1756.10.16.<><p>Gazetteer and London Daily Advertiser</p>