3.1 million enslaved people trafficked to the British colonies
25180 – Mermaid
Voyage ID: 25180
Was this a corporate crossing: No
Vessel
Name: Mermaid
Flags: usa
Tonnage: /
Journey
Departure Year: /
Departure Location: Boston
Arrival Year: 1739
Arrival Location: /
Enslaved people
Principal purchase location: Gambia
Principal landing location: Boston
Number embarked: 50
Number disembarked: 40
Number of deaths: 10
Outcome
Voyage completed as intended
Sources
Donnan,III,50-2<><p>Donnan, Elizabeth, ed., <em>Documents Illustrative of the History of the Slave Trade to the Americas, vol. III</em> (Washington, DC, 1930)</p>, BPB, 39.07.16.<><i>Boston Post Boy</i>, BWNL, 39.07.05.-39.07.12.<><p><em>Boston News-Letter</em>, (Boston, Mass.)</p>