3.1 million enslaved people trafficked to the British colonies
18116 – Recovery (1791 – 1791)
Voyage ID: 18116
Was this a corporate crossing: No
Vessel
Name: Recovery
Flags: gb
Tonnage: 137.0
Journey
Departure Year: 1791
Departure Location: Bristol
Arrival Year: 1791
Arrival Location: /
Enslaved people
Principal purchase location: Sierra Leone estuary
Principal landing location: Tortola, port unspecified
Number embarked: 359
Number disembarked: 328
Number of deaths: /
Outcome
Sold in the Americas - not known whether ship brought slaves
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>, C107/5,unmarked bundle<><p><em>The National Archives</em> (Kew, UK) Chancery</p>, GLGA,1792.11.19.<><i>Gore’s Liverpool General Advertiser (Gore’s General Advertiser)</i>