76280 – Unity (1721 – 1722)

Voyage ID: 76280

Was this a corporate crossing: Yes

Vessel

Name: Unity

Flags: gb

Tonnage: 108.0

Journey

Departure Year: 1721

Departure Location: London

Arrival Year: 1722

Arrival Location: /

Enslaved people

Principal purchase location: Cape Coast Castle

Principal landing location: Trinidad de Cuba

Number embarked: 294

Number disembarked: 257

Number of deaths: 37

Outcome

Captured by Spanish - after embarkation of slaves

Sources

Spaniards, 14-18<>Anon, A View of the Depredations and Ravages Committed by the Spaniards on the British Trade and Navigation (Dublin, 1730), T70/1515<>BNA (Kew) (), C113/285,f.77<>British National Archives, Chancery Records, Various Six Clerks, Series I, 1715-1758 (Kew, UK), T70/922,142-4<>BNA (Kew) (), CO390/7<>BNA (Kew), T70/1225<>BNA (Kew) (), Galenson,164<>Galenson, David, Traders, Planters and Slaves: Market Behaviour in Early English America (Cambridge, 1986)., CO388/25,376<>BNA (Kew)

Individuals (1)

P_10433_1664 - Francis Plaisted

Role: Captain