3.1 million enslaved people trafficked to the British colonies
17706 – Mercury (1768 – 1769)
Voyage ID: 17706
Was this a corporate crossing: No
Vessel
Name: Mercury
Flags: gb
Tonnage: 218.3
Journey
Departure Year: 1768
Departure Location: Bristol
Arrival Year: 1769
Arrival Location: Bristol
Enslaved people
Principal purchase location: West Central Africa and St. Helena, port unspecified
Principal landing location: Charleston
Number embarked: 294
Number disembarked: 252
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>, LR1768<><i>Lloyd's Register of Shipping</i>, 1764, 1768, 1776, 1778-84, 1786-1787, 1789-1808 (all published in London).