4945 – Merchant | The Register of British Slave-Traders (staging)

3.1 million enslaved people trafficked to the British colonies

Voyage ID: 4945

Was this a corporate crossing: No

Vessel

Name: Merchant

Flags: usa

Tonnage: 119.0

Journey

Departure Year: /

Departure Location: Havana

Arrival Year: 1845

Arrival Location: /

Enslaved people

Principal purchase location: Cabinda

Principal landing location: /

Number embarked: 489

Number disembarked: 423

Number of deaths: /

Outcome

Captured by United States with slaves

Sources

FO84/658,Adm,46.06.27,enc<>BNA (Kew), Foreign Office, Howard,214-62<>Howard, Warren S., American Slaves and Federal Law, 1837-1862 (Berkeley, CA, 1963), IUP,ST,34/A/68<>Great Britain, Irish University Press Series of British Parliamentary Papers: Slave Trade, vols. 1-90 (Shannon, 1969-74)., HED,35-2,104:31-32<>United States Congress, House Executive Document, 27-1, 34; 30-2, 671; 35-2, 104; 36-2, 7.

Individuals

No information