20994 – Thomas and William (1681 – 1683) | The Register of British Slave-Traders (staging)

3.1 million enslaved people trafficked to the British colonies

Voyage ID: 20994

Was this a corporate crossing: Yes

Vessel

Name: Thomas and William

Flags: gb

Tonnage: /

Journey

Departure Year: 1681

Departure Location: London

Arrival Year: 1683

Arrival Location: /

Enslaved people

Principal purchase location: Whydah

Principal landing location: Jamaica, port unspecified

Number embarked: 362

Number disembarked: 275

Number of deaths: /

Outcome

Captured by pirates or privateers - after disembarkation

Sources

T70/10,30<>BNA (Kew) (), T70/16,43-4<>BNA (Kew) (), T70/1222,103-4<>BNA (Kew) (), Rawl,C745,198<>Bodleian Library (Oxford, UK) Rawlinson mss, C745-747, CSPCS,XI,519<>Great Britain, Calendar of State Papers: Colonia; Series (London, 1878-1905), Vols. 1, 5, 7-21, 42, 58, Rawl,C746,15,16,271,272<>Bodleian Library (Oxford, UK) Rawlinson mss, C745-747

Individuals (2)

George Berkeley, First Earl of Berkeley

Investor type: Corporate

Corporate Role: Director

Benjamin Bathurst

Investor type: Corporate

Corporate Role: Director