9869 – George and Betty (1682 – 1683) | The Register of British Slave-Traders (staging)

3.1 million enslaved people trafficked to the British colonies

Voyage ID: 9869

Was this a corporate crossing: Yes

Vessel

Name: George and Betty

Flags: gb

Tonnage: 169.1

Journey

Departure Year: 1682

Departure Location: London

Arrival Year: 1683

Arrival Location: /

Enslaved people

Principal purchase location: West Central Africa and St. Helena, port unspecified

Principal landing location: Jamaica, port unspecified

Number embarked: 531

Number disembarked: 231

Number of deaths: 300

Outcome

Voyage completed as intended

Sources

T70/16,41,64<>BNA (Kew) (), T70/10,52<>BNA (Kew) (), T70/12,60<>BNA (Kew) (), T70/941<>BNA (Kew) (), T70/933<>BNA (Kew) (), T70/1222,111<>BNA (Kew) (), T70/964,27<>BNA (Kew) (), Rawl,C746,31<>Bodleian Library (Oxford, UK) Rawlinson mss, C745-747, CO388/10<>BNA (Kew)

Individuals (2)

George Berkeley, First Earl of Berkeley

Investor type: Corporate

Corporate Role: Director

Benjamin Bathurst

Investor type: Corporate

Corporate Role: Director