9922 – Ruth (1680 – 1681) | The Register of British Slave-Traders (staging)

3.1 million enslaved people trafficked to the British colonies

Voyage ID: 9922

Was this a corporate crossing: Yes

Vessel

Name: Ruth

Flags: gb

Tonnage: /

Journey

Departure Year: 1680

Departure Location: London

Arrival Year: 1681

Arrival Location: /

Enslaved people

Principal purchase location: Calabar

Principal landing location: Barbados, port unspecified

Number embarked: 212

Number disembarked: 73

Number of deaths: 139

Outcome

Voyage completed as intended

Sources

T70/1,104<>BNA (Kew) (), T70/10,18<>BNA (Kew) (), T70/15,63<>BNA (Kew) (), T70/939<>BNA (Kew) (), T70/1222,89<>BNA (Kew) (), T70/963,1<>BNA (Kew) (), CO33/14,11<>BNA (Kew)

Individuals (3)

George Berkeley, First Earl of Berkeley

Investor type: Corporate

Corporate Role: Director

Benjamin Bathurst

Investor type: Corporate

Corporate Role: Director

Sir Robert Clayton

Investor type: Corporate

Corporate Role: Director