83947 – Venus (1783 – 1784)
Voyage ID: 83947
Was this a corporate crossing: No
Vessel
Name: Venus
Flags: gb
Tonnage: 142.0
Journey
Departure Year: 1783
Departure Location: London
Arrival Year: 1784
Arrival Location: London
Enslaved people
Principal purchase location: Cape Coast Castle
Principal landing location: Charleston
Number embarked: 320
Number disembarked: 280
Number of deaths: 40
Outcome
Voyage completed as intended
Sources
LR1784<><i>Lloyd's Register of Shipping</i>, 1764, 1768, 1776, 1778-84, 1786-1787, 1789-1808 (all published in London)., T70/1550<><p><em>BNA (Kew)</em> ()</p>, LList, 5 Aug 1783<><i>Lloyds’ Lists (1741, 1744, 1747-53, 1755, 1757-58, 1760-77, 1779-1808)</i>, LList, 27 July 1784<><i>Lloyds’ Lists (1741, 1744, 1747-53, 1755, 1757-58, 1760-77, 1779-1808)</i>, LList, 28 Sept 1784<><i>Lloyds’ Lists (1741, 1744, 1747-53, 1755, 1757-58, 1760-77, 1779-1808)</i>, LList, 5 Oct 1784<><i>Lloyds’ Lists (1741, 1744, 1747-53, 1755, 1757-58, 1760-77, 1779-1808)</i>, Crooks,73<>Crooks, J.J. (ed.), <i>Records Relating to the Gold Coast Settelements from 1750 to 1874</i> (London, 1923). , McMillin<>McMillin, James A., <i>The Final Victims: The Foreign Slave Trade to North America, 1783-1810</i> (Columbia, SC., 2004), CD-ROM insert.
Individuals (3)
P_10433_1636 - Thomas King of Stamford Hill
Role: Owner
P_10433_2782 - William Camden
Role: Owner
P_3077 - Anthony Calvert
Role: Owner