75298 – Countess of Sussex (1768 – 1769) | The Register of British Slave-Traders (staging)

3.1 million enslaved people trafficked to the British colonies

Voyage ID: 75298

Was this a corporate crossing: No

Vessel

Name: Countess of Sussex

Flags: gb

Tonnage: 305.3

Journey

Departure Year: 1768

Departure Location: London

Arrival Year: 1769

Arrival Location: London

Enslaved people

Principal purchase location: Gambia

Principal landing location: Charleston

Number embarked: 306

Number disembarked: 250

Number of deaths: /

Outcome

Voyage completed as intended

Sources

BT6/3,170<>TNA (Kew, London), Donnan,IV,428-9<>Donnan, Elizabeth, ed., Documents Illustrative of the History of the Slave Trade to the Americas, vol. III (Washington, DC, 1930), ADM7/94<>British National Archives (Kew), Admiralty, LList, 10 June 1768<>Lloyds’ Lists (1741, 1744, 1747-53, 1755, 1757-58, 1760-77, 1779-1808), LList, 4 Nov 1768<>Lloyds’ Lists (1741, 1744, 1747-53, 1755, 1757-58, 1760-77, 1779-1808), LList, 16 May 1769<>Lloyds’ Lists (1741, 1744, 1747-53, 1755, 1757-58, 1760-77, 1779-1808), LList, 25 July 1769<>Lloyds’ Lists (1741, 1744, 1747-53, 1755, 1757-58, 1760-77, 1779-1808), SCG, 4 May, 1769<>South Carolina Gazette, (Charleston, U.S.A.), ADM68/202,28v<>British National Archives (Kew), Admiralty

Individuals (1)

Thomas Gray of Boston

Role: Owner