17915 – Wasp (1782 – 1783)

Voyage ID: 17915

Was this a corporate crossing: No

Vessel

Name: Wasp

Flags: gb

Tonnage: 128.3

Journey

Departure Year: 1782

Departure Location: Bristol

Arrival Year: 1783

Arrival Location: Bristol

Enslaved people

Principal purchase location: Calabar

Principal landing location: Jamaica, port unspecified

Number embarked: 225

Number disembarked: 130

Number of deaths: 95

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), Catterall,I:19-20<>Catterall, Helen Tunnicliff, Judicial Cases Concerning American Slavery and the Negro (Washington, DC., 1926-1937), Times,1785,07.01.<>The Times

Individuals (1)

P_10404_0948 - Thomas Jones

Role: Owner