3.1 million enslaved people trafficked to the British colonies
36496 – Wanton (1774 – 1775)
Voyage ID: 36496
Was this a corporate crossing: No
Vessel
Name: Wanton
Flags: usa
Tonnage: 40.0
Journey
Departure Year: 1774
Departure Location: Rhode Island, port unspecified
Arrival Year: 1775
Arrival Location: /
Enslaved people
Principal purchase location: Gold Coast, port unspecified
Principal landing location: Jamaica, port unspecified
Number embarked: 200
Number disembarked: 157
Number of deaths: 43
Outcome
Sold slaves in Americas - subsequent fate unknown
Sources
Coughtry, 241-85<><p>Coughtry, Jay, <em>The Notorious Triangle: Rhode Island and the African Slave Trade, 1700-1807</em> (Philadelphia, 1981).</p>, Donnan,III,307<><p>Donnan, Elizabeth, ed., <em>Documents Illustrative of the History of the Slave Trade to the Americas, vol. III</em> (Washington, DC, 1930)</p>, T70/1541<><p><em>BNA (Kew)</em> ()</p>, T64/48, no10<><p><em>British National Archives</em> (Kew, UK) Treasury</p>, CO28/34,hh28<><p><em>BNA</em> (Kew)</p>, BT6/3,84<><p><em>TNA</em> (Kew, London)</p>