9978 – Arthur (1676 – 1677) | The Register of British Slave-Traders (staging)

3.1 million enslaved people trafficked to the British colonies

Voyage ID: 9978

Was this a corporate crossing: Yes

Vessel

Name: Arthur

Flags: gb

Tonnage: /

Journey

Departure Year: 1676

Departure Location: London

Arrival Year: 1677

Arrival Location: Falmouth (Eng.)

Enslaved people

Principal purchase location: Cape Coast Castle

Principal landing location: Jamaica, port unspecified

Number embarked: 410

Number disembarked: 167

Number of deaths: /

Outcome

Voyage completed as intended

Sources

T70/1222,56<>BNA (Kew) (), T70/937,f.84-5<>BNA (Kew) (), Donnan,I,226,236<>Donnan, Elizabeth, ed., Documents Illustrative of the History of the Slave Trade to the Americas, vol. III (Washington, DC, 1930), CO1/34,109<>BNA (Kew)

Individuals (2)

George Berkeley, First Earl of Berkeley

Investor type: Corporate

Corporate Role: Director

Sir Robert Clayton

Investor type: Corporate

Corporate Role: Director