20108 – Arcania Merchant (1681 – 1682) | The Register of British Slave-Traders (staging)

3.1 million enslaved people trafficked to the British colonies

Voyage ID: 20108

Was this a corporate crossing: Yes

Vessel

Name: Arcania Merchant

Flags: gb

Tonnage: 305.3

Journey

Departure Year: 1681

Departure Location: London

Arrival Year: 1682

Arrival Location: /

Enslaved people

Principal purchase location: Ardra

Principal landing location: Barbados, port unspecified

Number embarked: 508

Number disembarked: 386

Number of deaths: /

Outcome

Sold slaves in Americas - subsequent fate unknown

Sources

T70/16,f35<>BNA (Kew) (), T70/963,40<>BNA (Kew) (), T70/1222,102<>BNA (Kew) (), CO33/13<>BNA (Kew), Donnan,I,305<>Donnan, Elizabeth, ed., Documents Illustrative of the History of the Slave Trade to the Americas, vol. III (Washington, DC, 1930)

Individuals (2)

George Berkeley, First Earl of Berkeley

Investor type: Corporate

Corporate Role: Director

Benjamin Bathurst

Investor type: Corporate

Corporate Role: Director