24029 – Thetis (1759 – 1759)
Voyage ID: 24029
Was this a corporate crossing: No
Vessel
Name: Thetis
Flags: gb
Tonnage: 40.0
Journey
Departure Year: 1759
Departure Location: Lancaster
Arrival Year: 1759
Arrival Location: /
Enslaved people
Principal purchase location: Windward Coast, port unspecified
Principal landing location: Charleston
Number embarked: 248
Number disembarked: 212
Number of deaths: /
Outcome
Voyage completed as intended
Sources
BT6/3,156<><p><em>TNA</em> (Kew, London)</p>, Donnan,IV,372<><p>Donnan, Elizabeth, ed., <em>Documents Illustrative of the History of the Slave Trade to the Americas, vol. III</em> (Washington, DC, 1930)</p>, CO5/510<><p><em>BNA</em> (Kew)</p>, Elder,38,58,62,91,154,156<>Elder, Melinda, <i>The Slave Trade and the Economic Development of Eighteenth Century Lancaster</i> (Halifax, 1992). , Schofield,254<><p>Schofield, Maurice M.,"The Slave Trade from Lancashire and Cheshire Ports Outside Liverpool, c. 1750-c. 1790," in Roger Anstey and P.E.H. Hair (eds.), <em>Liverpool, the African Slave Trade, and Abolition</em>, enlarged edition (Liverpool, 1989).</p>, RWJ,50.04.14.<><i>Read's Weekly Journal; or, British Gazetteer</i>
Individuals (5)
P_10430_0025 - John Preston
Role: Captain-owner
P_10430_0027 - Thomas Houseman
Role: Owner
P_10430_0026 - Miles Houseman
Role: Owner
P_10430_0024 - Thomas Hinde
Role: Owner
P_10430_0023 - Miles Barber
Role: Owner