chap, ii.] WEST INDIES. 259 
sailed from England for the coast in 1771, and of 
the number of slaves for the purchase and trans¬ 
portation of which they were sufficiently provided, 
and I believe its authenticity cannot be doubted; 
viz. ✓ 
Ships. Negroes. 
To Senegambia - - - - 40 for 3,310 
Windward Coast - - 56 11,960 
Gold Coast - - - - 29 7,525 
Bight of Benin - - 63 23,301 
Angola.4 1,050 
Total 192 47,146 
Of the above 192 ships Negroes. 
107 sailed from Liverpool for - 29,250 
58 from London, for - - 8,136 
23 from Bristol, for - - 8,810 
4 from Lancaster, for - - 950 
In the year 1772 sailed from Great Britain, for the 
African coast,— 
175 vessels, having goods on board valued at 
T.866,394 
11 
3 
1773 
151 
ditto 
688,110 
10 
11 
1774 
167 
ditto 
846,525 
12 
5 
1775 
152 
ditto 
736,168 
2 
8 
1776 
101 
ditto 
470,779 
1 
1 
1777 
58 
ditto 
239,213 
3 
0 
1778 
41 
ditto 
154,086 
1 
10 
1779 
28 
ditto 
159,217 
19 
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