3.1 million enslaved people trafficked to the British colonies
27200 – Benin (1748 – 1748)
Voyage ID: 27200
Was this a corporate crossing: No
Vessel
Name: Benin
Flags: gb
Tonnage: /
Journey
Departure Year: 1748
Departure Location: Liverpool
Arrival Year: 1748
Arrival Location: /
Enslaved people
Principal purchase location: /
Principal landing location: /
Number embarked: /
Number disembarked: /
Number of deaths: /
Outcome
Captured by the French - before slaves embarked
Sources
LList, 31 May 1748<><i>Lloyds’ Lists (1741, 1744, 1747-53, 1755, 1757-58, 1760-77, 1779-1808)</i>, Williams,661<>Williams, Gomer, <i>History of the Liverpool Privateers and Letters of Marque with an Account of the Liverpool Slave Trade</i> (London, 1897).