9854 – Orange Tree (1685 – 1686) | The Register of British Slave-Traders (staging)

3.1 million enslaved people trafficked to the British colonies

Voyage ID: 9854

Was this a corporate crossing: Yes

Vessel

Name: Orange Tree

Flags: gb

Tonnage: 305.3

Journey

Departure Year: 1685

Departure Location: London

Arrival Year: 1686

Arrival Location: /

Enslaved people

Principal purchase location: Whydah

Principal landing location: Barbados, port unspecified

Number embarked: 457

Number disembarked: 347

Number of deaths: /

Outcome

Voyage completed as intended

Sources

T70/11,18-20<>BNA (Kew) (), T70/942<>BNA (Kew) (), T70/966,5,6<>BNA (Kew) (), CO388/10<>BNA (Kew), Rawl,C745,340,348,373<>Bodleian Library (Oxford, UK) Rawlinson mss, C745-747, CO33/14,46<>BNA (Kew)

Individuals (2)

George Berkeley, First Earl of Berkeley

Investor type: Corporate

Corporate Role: Director

Benjamin Bathurst

Investor type: Corporate

Corporate Role: Director