4955 – Nightingale | The Register of British Slave-Traders (staging)

3.1 million enslaved people trafficked to the British colonies

Voyage ID: 4955

Was this a corporate crossing: No

Vessel

Name: Nightingale

Flags: usa

Tonnage: 998.0

Journey

Departure Year: /

Departure Location: New York

Arrival Year: 1861

Arrival Location: /

Enslaved people

Principal purchase location: Cabinda

Principal landing location: Liberia

Number embarked: 961

Number disembarked: 801

Number of deaths: 160

Outcome

Captured by United States with slaves

Sources

IUP,ST,47/A2/37<>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), SED,37-2,53:2-3<>United States Congress, Senate Executive Document, Session 26-2, Vols. 115, 125; 28-2, 150; 30-1, 28; 30-2, 61; 31-2, 6; 150; 34-1, 99; 35-1, 49; 37-2, 40; 37-2, 53., BFAS,STL<>British and Foreign Anti-Slavery Society, Slave Traders in Liverpool (London, 1862)., WYL/24/30<>Wylde Family Paper, Unversity of Durham, UK (collection code GB 0033 WYL)

Individuals

No information