9863 – Speedwell (1686 – 1686) | The Register of British Slave-Traders (staging)

3.1 million enslaved people trafficked to the British colonies

Voyage ID: 9863

Was this a corporate crossing: Yes

Vessel

Name: Speedwell

Flags: gb

Tonnage: 85.3

Journey

Departure Year: 1686

Departure Location: London

Arrival Year: 1686

Arrival Location: /

Enslaved people

Principal purchase location: Gambia

Principal landing location: Maryland, port unspecified

Number embarked: 217

Number disembarked: 192

Number of deaths: /

Outcome

Voyage completed as intended

Sources

T70/11,59<>BNA (Kew) (), T70/942,61<>BNA (Kew) (), T70/966,2<>BNA (Kew) (), T70/50,6<>BNA (Kew) (), T70/942<>BNA (Kew) (), T70/914<>BNA (Kew) (), T70/61,2-3<>BNA (Kew) (), CO388/10<>BNA (Kew), Donnan,IV,12<>Donnan, Elizabeth, ed., Documents Illustrative of the History of the Slave Trade to the Americas, vol. III (Washington, DC, 1930)

Individuals (2)

George Berkeley, First Earl of Berkeley

Investor type: Corporate

Corporate Role: Director

Benjamin Bathurst

Investor type: Corporate

Corporate Role: Director