3.1 million enslaved people trafficked to the British colonies
17905 – Alert (1781 – 1782)
Voyage ID: 17905
Was this a corporate crossing: No
Vessel
Name: Alert
Flags: gb
Tonnage: 182.3
Journey
Departure Year: 1781
Departure Location: Bristol
Arrival Year: 1782
Arrival Location: Bristol
Enslaved people
Principal purchase location: Cape Coast Castle
Principal landing location: Jamaica, port unspecified
Number embarked: 240
Number disembarked: 230
Number of deaths: 10
Outcome
Voyage completed as intended
Sources
Richardson,IV<><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>