9934 – Prosperous (1677 – 1678) | The Register of British Slave-Traders (staging)

3.1 million enslaved people trafficked to the British colonies

Voyage ID: 9934

Was this a corporate crossing: Yes

Vessel

Name: Prosperous

Flags: gb

Tonnage: /

Journey

Departure Year: 1677

Departure Location: London

Arrival Year: 1678

Arrival Location: /

Enslaved people

Principal purchase location: Gold Coast, port unspecified

Principal landing location: Jamaica, port unspecified

Number embarked: 209

Number disembarked: 163

Number of deaths: /

Outcome

Voyage completed as intended

Sources

T70/15,2<>BNA (Kew) (), T70/938,f.27-8<>BNA (Kew) (), T70/1222,62<>BNA (Kew) (), T70/962,29<>BNA (Kew) (), Donnan,I,239<>Donnan, Elizabeth, ed., Documents Illustrative of the History of the Slave Trade to the Americas, vol. III (Washington, DC, 1930)

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