17718 – Briton (1769 – 1770)

Voyage ID: 17718

Was this a corporate crossing: No

Vessel

Name: Briton

Flags: gb

Tonnage: 254.3

Journey

Departure Year: 1769

Departure Location: Bristol

Arrival Year: 1770

Arrival Location: Bristol

Enslaved people

Principal purchase location: Bonny

Principal landing location: Jamaica, port unspecified

Number embarked: 527

Number disembarked: 400

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, 10 Apr 1770<>Lloyds’ Lists (1741, 1744, 1747-53, 1755, 1757-58, 1760-77, 1779-1808), ADM7/96,41<>British National Archives (Kew), Admiralty

17718 – Briton (1769 – 1770)

Vessel

Journey

Enslaved people

Outcome

Sources

Individuals (2)

P_10404_1182 - John Purnell

P_10404_0939 - John Fowler