3.1 million enslaved people trafficked to the British colonies
21577 – Merchant’s Delight (1661 – 1661)
Voyage ID: 21577
Was this a corporate crossing: No
Vessel
Name: Merchant's Delight
Flags: gb
Tonnage: /
Journey
Departure Year: 1661
Departure Location: London
Arrival Year: 1661
Arrival Location: /
Enslaved people
Principal purchase location: Cape Coast Castle
Principal landing location: /
Number embarked: 100
Number disembarked: /
Number of deaths: /
Outcome
Captured by Dutch - unspecified
Sources
Donnan,I,165<><p>Donnan, Elizabeth, ed., <em>Documents Illustrative of the History of the Slave Trade to the Americas, vol. III</em> (Washington, DC, 1930)</p>, VanDantzig,1968:57-8<>Van Dantzig, Albert, <i>Het Nederlandse aandeel in de slavenhandel</i> (Bussum, 1968)., ARA,SG,5905<><p><em>Nationaal Archief</em> (The Hague, Netherlands) Staten-Generaal</p>, BDB,53<>Binder, Franz, Dataset of 17th century Dutch slave trading voyages, currently deposited at the Wilberforce Institute for the Study of Slavery and Emancipation (Hull)