9856 – Return (1685 – 1686) | The Register of British Slave-Traders (staging)

3.1 million enslaved people trafficked to the British colonies

Voyage ID: 9856

Was this a corporate crossing: Yes

Vessel

Name: Return

Flags: gb

Tonnage: 142.4

Journey

Departure Year: 1685

Departure Location: London

Arrival Year: 1686

Arrival Location: /

Enslaved people

Principal purchase location: Whydah

Principal landing location: Jamaica, port unspecified

Number embarked: 278

Number disembarked: 211

Number of deaths: /

Outcome

Voyage completed as intended

Sources

T70/12,73<>BNA (Kew) (), T70/1222,123<>BNA (Kew) (), T70/965,19<>BNA (Kew) (), T70/966,3<>BNA (Kew) (), T70/942<>BNA (Kew) (), T70/914<>BNA (Kew) (), CO388/10<>BNA (Kew), Rawl,C745,367<>Bodleian Library (Oxford, UK) Rawlinson mss, C745-747, CO142/13<>BNA (Kew)

Individuals (2)

George Berkeley, First Earl of Berkeley

Investor type: Corporate

Corporate Role: Director

Benjamin Bathurst

Investor type: Corporate

Corporate Role: Director