3.1 million enslaved people trafficked to the British colonies
90466 – Rainbow (1757 – 1758)
Voyage ID: 90466
Was this a corporate crossing: No
Vessel
Name: Rainbow
Flags: gb
Tonnage: 182.3
Journey
Departure Year: 1757
Departure Location: Liverpool
Arrival Year: 1758
Arrival Location: Liverpool
Enslaved people
Principal purchase location: Benin
Principal landing location: Charleston
Number embarked: 250
Number disembarked: 201
Number of deaths: 49
Outcome
Voyage completed as intended
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)., Donnan,IV,370-2<><p>Donnan, Elizabeth, ed., <em>Documents Illustrative of the History of the Slave Trade to the Americas, vol. III</em> (Washington, DC, 1930)</p>