36071 – Rainbow (1738 – 1739) | The Register of British Slave-Traders (staging)

3.1 million enslaved people trafficked to the British colonies

Voyage ID: 36071

Was this a corporate crossing: No

Vessel

Name: Rainbow

Flags: usa

Tonnage: /

Journey

Departure Year: 1738

Departure Location: Rhode Island, port unspecified

Arrival Year: 1739

Arrival Location: /

Enslaved people

Principal purchase location: Africa., port unspecified

Principal landing location: Barbados, port unspecified

Number embarked: 146

Number disembarked: 120

Number of deaths: /

Outcome

Sold slaves in Americas - subsequent fate unknown

Sources

Coughtry, 241-85<>Coughtry, Jay, The Notorious Triangle: Rhode Island and the African Slave Trade, 1700-1807 (Philadelphia, 1981)., CO28/25, aa87<>BNA (Kew)

Individuals

No information