24989 – Betty and Martha (1753 – 1755) | The Register of British Slave-Traders (staging)

3.1 million enslaved people trafficked to the British colonies

Voyage ID: 24989

Was this a corporate crossing: No

Vessel

Name: Betty and Martha

Flags: gb

Tonnage: 50.0

Journey

Departure Year: 1753

Departure Location: Poulton

Arrival Year: 1755

Arrival Location: Lancaster

Enslaved people

Principal purchase location: Sierra Leone estuary

Principal landing location: Barbados, port unspecified

Number embarked: 73

Number disembarked: 65

Number of deaths: /

Outcome

Voyage completed as intended

Sources

Schofield,253<>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.), Liverpool, the African Slave Trade, and Abolition, enlarged edition (Liverpool, 1989)., CO28/33,252<>BNA (Kew), LList, 21 Dec 1753<>Lloyds’ Lists (1741, 1744, 1747-53, 1755, 1757-58, 1760-77, 1779-1808), LList, 4 July 1755<>Lloyds’ Lists (1741, 1744, 1747-53, 1755, 1757-58, 1760-77, 1779-1808), LList, 5 Aug 1755<>Lloyds’ Lists (1741, 1744, 1747-53, 1755, 1757-58, 1760-77, 1779-1808)

Individuals

No information