3.1 million enslaved people trafficked to the British colonies
27010 – Blossom (1753 – 1755)
Voyage ID: 27010
Was this a corporate crossing: No
Vessel
Name: Blossom
Flags: gb
Tonnage: 60.0
Journey
Departure Year: 1753
Departure Location: Preston
Arrival Year: 1755
Arrival Location: /
Enslaved people
Principal purchase location: Gold Coast, port unspecified
Principal landing location: Barbados, port unspecified
Number embarked: 153
Number disembarked: 131
Number of deaths: /
Outcome
Sold slaves in Americas - subsequent fate unknown
Sources
Schofield,253<><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>, CO28/33,252<><p><em>BNA</em> (Kew)</p>, LList, 4 July 1755<><i>Lloyds’ Lists (1741, 1744, 1747-53, 1755, 1757-58, 1760-77, 1779-1808)</i>