3.1 million enslaved people trafficked to the British colonies
90023 – Mercury (1750 – 1750)
Voyage ID: 90023
Was this a corporate crossing: No
Vessel
Name: Mercury
Flags: gb
Tonnage: 182.3
Journey
Departure Year: 1750
Departure Location: Liverpool
Arrival Year: 1750
Arrival Location: /
Enslaved people
Principal purchase location: Bonny
Principal landing location: Barbados, port unspecified
Number embarked: 291
Number disembarked: 239
Number of deaths: /
Outcome
Shipwrecked or destroyed, after embarkation of slaves or during slaving
Sources
LST,1744-1786<>Richardson, David, Katherine Beedham, and M. M. Schofield, <i>Liverpool </i><i> Shipping and Trade, 1744-1786</i> (ESRC Archives, University of Essex, 1992).