81806 – Hercules (1786 – 1788) | The Register of British Slave-Traders (staging)

3.1 million enslaved people trafficked to the British colonies

Voyage ID: 81806

Was this a corporate crossing: No

Vessel

Name: Hercules

Flags: gb

Tonnage: 305.0

Journey

Departure Year: 1786

Departure Location: London

Arrival Year: 1788

Arrival Location: London

Enslaved people

Principal purchase location: Gold Coast, port unspecified

Principal landing location: Dominica, port unspecified

Number embarked: 400

Number disembarked: 370

Number of deaths: 30

Outcome

Voyage completed as intended

Sources

LR1787<>Lloyd's Register of Shipping, 1764, 1768, 1776, 1778-84, 1786-1787, 1789-1808 (all published in London)., T70/1554<>BNA (Kew) (), T70/1556<>BNA (Kew) (), CO76/5<>BNA (Kew), mettas,II,500<>Mettas, Jean, Répertoire des Expéditions Négrières Françaises au XVIIIe Siècle; Tome 1, Nantes (Paris, 1978); Tome 2, Ports Autres que Nantes (Paris, 1984), édité par Serge et Michelle Daget., LList, 28 Apr 1786<>Lloyds’ Lists (1741, 1744, 1747-53, 1755, 1757-58, 1760-77, 1779-1808), LList, 4 July 1788<>Lloyds’ Lists (1741, 1744, 1747-53, 1755, 1757-58, 1760-77, 1779-1808), LList, 22 Aug 1788<>Lloyds’ Lists (1741, 1744, 1747-53, 1755, 1757-58, 1760-77, 1779-1808), T70/1476<>BNA (Kew) ()

81806 – Hercules (1786 – 1788)

Vessel

Journey

Enslaved people

Outcome

Sources

Individuals (2)

P_10433_1909 - Arthur Bold

P_10433_2638 - Miles Barber