Ship, nation, owners | Voyage identification number | 84106 |
Voyage in 1999 CD-ROM | Yes | |
Vessel name | Zong | |
Flag | Great Britain | |
Flag IMP | Great Britain | |
Place constructed | Prize (taken from Dutch) | |
Year constructed | ||
Place registered | ||
Year registered | ||
Rig | Ship | |
Tonnage | 107 | |
Standardized tonnage IMP | 195 | |
Guns mounted | ||
Vessel owners | Gregson, William Gregson, John Gregson, James Wilson, Edward Aspinall, James |
|
Voyage Outcome | Particular outcome of voyage | Voyage completed as intended |
Outcome of voyage for slaves IMP | Slaves disembarked in Americas | |
Outcome of voyage if ship captured IMP | Not captured | |
Outcome of voyage for owner IMP | Delivered slaves for original owners | |
African resistance | ||
Voyage Itinerary | Place where voyage began IMP | Liverpool |
First place of slave purchase | Cape Coast Castle | |
Second place of slave purchase | Anomabu | |
Third place of slave purchase | ||
Principal place of slave purchase IMP | Gold Coast, port unspecified | |
Places of call before Atlantic crossing | ||
First place of slave landing | Black River | |
Second place of slave landing | ||
Third place of slave landing | ||
Principal place of slave landing IMP | Black River | |
Place where voyage ended | Liverpool | |
Region where voyage began IMP | England and Wales | |
First region of slave purchase | Gold Coast | |
Second region of slave purchase | Gold Coast | |
Third region of slave purchase | ||
Principal region of slave purchase IMP | Gold Coast | |
First region of slave landing | Jamaica | |
Second region of slave landing | ||
Third region of slave landing | ||
Principal region of slave landing IMP | Jamaica | |
Region where voyage ended | England and Wales | |
Voyage Dates | Year arrived with slaves IMP | 1781 |
Date voyage began | 1781-03-05 | |
Date trade began in Africa | ||
Date vessel departed Africa | 1781-09-06 | |
Date vessel arrived with slaves | 1781-12-28 | |
Date vessel departed for homeport | 1782-05-20 | |
Date voyage completed | 1782-07-30 | |
Voyage length, homeport to slaves landing (days) IMP | 298 | |
Middle passage (days) IMP | 113 | |
Captain and Crew | Captain's name | Collingwood, Luke Howard, Edward |
Crew at voyage outset | 20 | |
Crew at first landing of slaves | ||
Crew deaths during voyage | 2 | |
Slave (numbers) | Number of slaves intended at first place of purchase | |
Slaves carried from first port of purchase | ||
Slaves carried from second port of purchase | ||
Slaves carried from third port of purchase | ||
Total slaves embarked | 440 | |
Total slaves embarked IMP | 440 | |
Number of slaves arriving at first place of landing | 208 | |
Number of slaves disembarked at first place of landing | ||
Number of slaves disembarked at second place of landing | ||
Number of slaves disembarked at third place of landing | ||
Total slaves disembarked IMP | 208 | |
Slave (characteristics) | Percentage men IMP | |
Percentage women IMP | ||
Percentage boys IMP | ||
Percentage girls IMP | ||
Percentage male IMP | ||
Percentage children IMP | ||
Sterling cash price in Jamaica IMP | ||
Slave deaths during middle passage IMP | 232 | |
Mortality rate IMP | 53.0% | |
Source | Sources | BT98/42,227: BNA (Kew, London) , Board of TradeLambert,69,III,Appendix,Jamaica: Lambert, Sheila (ed.), House of Commons Sessional Papers of the Eighteenth Century, 145 vols. (Wilmington, DE, 1975). kg, 22-29 Dec 1781: Royal Gazette (Kingston) cc, 5 Jan 1782: Cornwall Chronicle (Montego Bay) LList, 8 Mar 1782: New Lloyd's List (later, Lloyd's List), (London, England) LList, 12 Mar 1782: New Lloyd's List (later, Lloyd's List), (London, England) Williams,567-68: Williams, Gomer, History of the Liverpool Privateers and Letters of Marque with an Account of the Liverpool Slave Trade (London, 1897). |