77048 – Mermaid (a) Sirena (1729 – 1730) | The Register of British Slave-Traders (staging)

3.1 million enslaved people trafficked to the British colonies

Voyage ID: 77048

Was this a corporate crossing: Yes

Vessel

Name: Mermaid (a) Sirena

Flags: gb

Tonnage: 453.1

Journey

Departure Year: 1729

Departure Location: London

Arrival Year: 1730

Arrival Location: London

Enslaved people

Principal purchase location: Cabinda

Principal landing location: Buenos Aires

Number embarked: 647

Number disembarked: 647

Number of deaths: 0

Outcome

Voyage completed as intended

Sources

Mitchell, appendix<>Mitchell, Prince (, 2020), Add.mss,25504,f.87,126<>British Library, Additional Manuscripts (London, UK), Studer<>De Studer, Elena F. S., Trata de Negros en el Rio de la Plata Durante el Siglo XVII (Buenos Aires, 1984)., C103/130<>The National Archives (Kew, UK) Chancery, DJ,30.01.09.<>Daily Journal, Add.mss,25503,378,421<>British Library, Additional Manuscripts (London, UK), Palmer,117<>Palmer, Colin, Human Cargoes: The British Slave Trade to Spanish America (Urbana, 1981)., DC,30.08.18.<>Daily Courant (London), LEP,30.08.18.-20.<>London Evening Post, (London, England), ADM68/195,142<>British National Archives (Kew), Admiralty

77048 – Mermaid (a) Sirena (1729 – 1730)

Vessel

Journey

Enslaved people

Outcome

Sources

Individuals (3)

P_10433_1949 - James Pearce

P_10433_1948 - Thomas Hall

P_10433_1955 - Sir William Chapman