78057 – Venus (1771 – 1772) | The Register of British Slave-Traders (staging)

3.1 million enslaved people trafficked to the British colonies

Voyage ID: 78057

Was this a corporate crossing: No

Vessel

Name: Venus

Flags: gb

Tonnage: 236.3

Journey

Departure Year: 1771

Departure Location: London

Arrival Year: 1772

Arrival Location: /

Enslaved people

Principal purchase location: Anomabu

Principal landing location: Charleston

Number embarked: 352

Number disembarked: 287

Number of deaths: /

Outcome

Returned direct to Africa after bringing slaves to the Americas

Sources

ADM7/96<>British National Archives (Kew), Admiralty, BT6/3,177<>TNA (Kew, London), Donnan,IV,453<>Donnan, Elizabeth, ed., Documents Illustrative of the History of the Slave Trade to the Americas, vol. III (Washington, DC, 1930), LList, 16 July 1771<>Lloyds’ Lists (1741, 1744, 1747-53, 1755, 1757-58, 1760-77, 1779-1808), LList, 19 July 1771<>Lloyds’ Lists (1741, 1744, 1747-53, 1755, 1757-58, 1760-77, 1779-1808), LList, 23 July 1771<>Lloyds’ Lists (1741, 1744, 1747-53, 1755, 1757-58, 1760-77, 1779-1808), LList, 30 July 1771<>Lloyds’ Lists (1741, 1744, 1747-53, 1755, 1757-58, 1760-77, 1779-1808), LList, 2 Aug 1771<>Lloyds’ Lists (1741, 1744, 1747-53, 1755, 1757-58, 1760-77, 1779-1808), LList, 30 Aug 1771<>Lloyds’ Lists (1741, 1744, 1747-53, 1755, 1757-58, 1760-77, 1779-1808), Donnan,II,542<>Donnan, Elizabeth, ed., Documents Illustrative of the History of the Slave Trade to the Americas, vol. III (Washington, DC, 1930), T70/1541<>BNA (Kew) (), ADM68/203,31v<>British National Archives (Kew), Admiralty, T70/31,p.401,425<>BNA (Kew) ()

Individuals (1)

P_10433_2782 - William Camden

Role: Owner