9587 – Swallow (1663 – 1664) | The Register of British Slave-Traders (staging)

3.1 million enslaved people trafficked to the British colonies

Voyage ID: 9587

Was this a corporate crossing: Yes

Vessel

Name: Swallow

Flags: gb

Tonnage: /

Journey

Departure Year: 1663

Departure Location: /

Arrival Year: 1664

Arrival Location: /

Enslaved people

Principal purchase location: Bight of Biafra and Gulf of Guinea Islands, port unspecified

Principal landing location: Suriname

Number embarked: 184

Number disembarked: 130

Number of deaths: 54

Outcome

Sold slaves in Americas - subsequent fate unknown

Sources

T70/599,37<>BNA (Kew) (), T70/309,63.05.13<>BNA (Kew) (), T70/1222,6<>BNA (Kew) (), T70/600,110<>BNA (Kew) (), CO1/18,84<>BNA (Kew), Harlow,Colonising,190<>Harlow, Vincent T. (ed.), Colonising Expeditions to the West Indies and Guiana, 1623-1667 (London, 1925).

Individuals (1)

George Berkeley, First Earl of Berkeley

Investor type: Corporate

Corporate Role: Director