17609 – Africa (1765 – 1766)

Voyage ID: 17609

Was this a corporate crossing: No

Vessel

Name: Africa

Flags: gb

Tonnage: 191.3

Journey

Departure Year: 1765

Departure Location: Bristol

Arrival Year: 1766

Arrival Location: Bristol

Enslaved people

Principal purchase location: Calabar

Principal landing location: Montego Bay

Number embarked: 380

Number disembarked: 310

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, 25 July 1766<>Lloyds’ Lists (1741, 1744, 1747-53, 1755, 1757-58, 1760-77, 1779-1808), LList, 12 Dec 1766<>Lloyds’ Lists (1741, 1744, 1747-53, 1755, 1757-58, 1760-77, 1779-1808), BRO, SMV/9/3/3/5,185<>Bristol Record Office (Bristol, UK) Society of Merchant Venturers, Sailors’ petitions for relief from the Society of Merchant Venturers

Individuals (1)

P_10404_0939 - John Fowler

Role: Owner