3.1 million enslaved people trafficked to the British colonies
26029 – Essex
Voyage ID: 26029
Was this a corporate crossing: No
Vessel
Name: Essex
Flags: gb
Tonnage: /
Journey
Departure Year: /
Departure Location: /
Arrival Year: 1765
Arrival Location: Cowes
Enslaved people
Principal purchase location: West Central Africa and St. Helena, port unspecified
Principal landing location: Charleston
Number embarked: 165
Number disembarked: 150
Number of deaths: /
Outcome
Voyage completed as intended
Sources
Donnan,IV,412<><p>Donnan, Elizabeth, ed., <em>Documents Illustrative of the History of the Slave Trade to the Americas, vol. III</em> (Washington, DC, 1930)</p>, LList, 2 July 1765<><i>Lloyds’ Lists (1741, 1744, 1747-53, 1755, 1757-58, 1760-77, 1779-1808)</i>