3.1 million enslaved people trafficked to the British colonies
77672 – Black Joke (1756 – 1757)
Voyage ID: 77672
Was this a corporate crossing: No
Vessel
Name: Black Joke
Flags: gb
Tonnage: 218.3
Journey
Departure Year: 1756
Departure Location: London
Arrival Year: 1757
Arrival Location: /
Enslaved people
Principal purchase location: Gambia
Principal landing location: Martinique, port unspecified
Number embarked: 230
Number disembarked: 197
Number of deaths: /
Outcome
Captured by the French - after embarkation of slaves
Sources
ADM7/89<><p><em>British National Archives</em> (Kew), Admiralty</p>, Donnan,IV,370<><p>Donnan, Elizabeth, ed., <em>Documents Illustrative of the History of the Slave Trade to the Americas, vol. III</em> (Washington, DC, 1930)</p>, T70/1525<><p><em>BNA (Kew)</em> ()</p>, LList, 1 Mar 1757<><i>Lloyds’ Lists (1741, 1744, 1747-53, 1755, 1757-58, 1760-77, 1779-1808)</i>