17878 – Martha (1775 – 1776) | The Register of British Slave-Traders (staging)

3.1 million enslaved people trafficked to the British colonies

Voyage ID: 17878

Was this a corporate crossing: No

Vessel

Name: Martha

Flags: gb

Tonnage: 146.3

Journey

Departure Year: 1775

Departure Location: Bristol

Arrival Year: 1776

Arrival Location: Bristol

Enslaved people

Principal purchase location: Anomabu

Principal landing location: Jamaica, port unspecified

Number embarked: 214

Number disembarked: 197

Number of deaths: /

Outcome

Voyage completed as intended

Sources

Richardson,IV<>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), Donnan,III,320<>Donnan, Elizabeth, ed., Documents Illustrative of the History of the Slave Trade to the Americas, vol. III (Washington, DC, 1930), LList, 4 Feb 1777<>Lloyds’ Lists (1741, 1744, 1747-53, 1755, 1757-58, 1760-77, 1779-1808), T70/32,p.35<>BNA (Kew) ()

17878 – Martha (1775 – 1776)

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Journey

Enslaved people

Outcome

Sources

Individuals (2)

P_10404_1270 - Powell (Son)

P_10404_0995 - John (Sr) Powell