4807 – Órion | The Register of British Slave-Traders (staging)

3.1 million enslaved people trafficked to the British colonies

Voyage ID: 4807

Was this a corporate crossing: No

Vessel

Name: Órion

Flags: /

Tonnage: 605.5

Journey

Departure Year: /

Departure Location: New York

Arrival Year: 1859

Arrival Location: /

Enslaved people

Principal purchase location: Cabinda

Principal landing location: St. Helena

Number embarked: 874

Number disembarked: 728

Number of deaths: 146

Outcome

Vice-Admiralty Court, St.Helena, condemned

Sources

IUP,ST,46/A/44<>Great Britain, Irish University Press Series of British Parliamentary Papers: Slave Trade, vols. 1-90 (Shannon, 1969-74)., Howard,214-62<>Howard, Warren S., American Slaves and Federal Law, 1837-1862 (Berkeley, CA, 1963), FO84/1076,Gabriel,59.12,99<>BNA (Kew), Foreign Office, FO84/1086,Archibald,59.07.11<>BNA (Kew), Foreign Office, FO313/64,p.4<>BNA (Kew), Foreign Office, Times,1860.02.01.<>The Times

Individuals

No information