The Martha arrived at Grenada with 227 enslaved people after taking captives at the Sierra Leone estuary. The voyage record reconstruction reports 245 embarked. The gap points to deaths during forced transport, but it cannot tell us the names, relationships, or individual circumstances of those who died.
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What does the Martha record's gap between 245 embarked and 227 arriving make visible?
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The difference reflects the human cost recorded by the voyage data, though details remain limited.
The 18-person gap between Martha's embarked and arriving totals is a human cost of the voyage.
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The count indicates deaths in transit, but does not preserve all individual circumstances.