3.1 million enslaved people trafficked to the British colonies
77041 – Essex (1729 – 1730)
Voyage ID: 77041
Was this a corporate crossing: Yes
Vessel
Name: Essex
Flags: gb
Tonnage: 343.1
Journey
Departure Year: 1729
Departure Location: London
Arrival Year: 1730
Arrival Location: London
Enslaved people
Principal purchase location: West Central Africa and St. Helena, port unspecified
Principal landing location: Buenos Aires
Number embarked: 319
Number disembarked: 290
Number of deaths: /
Outcome
Voyage completed as intended
Sources
CO103/133<><p><em>BNA</em> (Kew)</p>, Add.mss,25503,378,421<><p><em>British Library, Additional Manuscripts</em> (London, UK)</p>, Add.mss,25504,f.103,105,160<><p><em>British Library, Additional Manuscripts</em> (London, UK)</p>, Studer<><p>De Studer, Elena F. S., <em>Trata de Negros en el Rio de la Plata Durante el Siglo XVII</em> (Buenos Aires, 1984).</p>, ADM68/195,162<><p><em>British National Archives</em> (Kew), Admiralty</p>