3.1 million enslaved people trafficked to the British colonies
36780 – Amastad (1802 – 1803)
Voyage ID: 36780
Was this a corporate crossing: No
Vessel
Name: Amastad
Flags: usa
Tonnage: 300.0
Journey
Departure Year: 1802
Departure Location: Rhode Island, port unspecified
Arrival Year: 1803
Arrival Location: /
Enslaved people
Principal purchase location: Congo River
Principal landing location: Tybee Island
Number embarked: 330
Number disembarked: 248
Number of deaths: /
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,340<><p>Donnan, Elizabeth, ed., <em>Documents Illustrative of the History of the Slave Trade to the Americas, vol. III</em> (Washington, DC, 1930)</p>, T70/1580<><p><em>BNA (Kew)</em> ()</p>, T70/1581<><p><em>BNA (Kew)</em> ()</p>, BHS,D'Wolfpapers, ShipbookofIDD'Wolf<>Bristol Historical Society, RI