Ship, nation, owners Voyage identification number 17158
Voyage in 1999 CD-ROM Yes
Vessel name Levant
Flag Great Britain
Flag IMP Great Britain
Place constructed Bristol
Year constructed 1706
Place registered Bristol
Year registered 1740
Rig Ship
Tonnage 200
Standardized tonnage IMP 305
Guns mounted 16
Vessel owners Laroche, James*
Hobhouse, Isaac
Oliver, Edward
Oliver, William
Gresley, Henry
Fitzherbert, Humphrey
White, Michael
Smith, Thomas
Voyage Outcome Particular outcome of voyage Captured and recaptured after disembarking slaves
Outcome of voyage for slaves IMP Slaves disembarked in Americas
Outcome of voyage if ship captured IMP Captor unspecified
Outcome of voyage for owner IMP Original goal thwarted (human agency)
African resistance
Voyage Itinerary Place where voyage began IMP Bristol
First place of slave purchase São Tomé
Second place of slave purchase
Third place of slave purchase
Principal place of slave purchase IMP São Tomé
Places of call before Atlantic crossing
First place of slave landing Kingston
Second place of slave landing
Third place of slave landing
Principal place of slave landing IMP Kingston
Place where voyage ended Bristol
Region where voyage began IMP England and Wales
First region of slave purchase Bight of Biafra and Gulf of Guinea islands
Second region of slave purchase
Third region of slave purchase
Principal region of slave purchase IMP Bight of Biafra and Gulf of Guinea islands
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 1747
Date voyage began 1746-10-22
Date trade began in Africa
Date vessel departed Africa
Date vessel arrived with slaves 1747-08-18
Date vessel departed for homeport 1747-11-20
Date voyage completed 1748-04-02
Voyage length, homeport to slaves landing (days) IMP 300
Middle passage (days) IMP
Captain and Crew Captain's name Miller, William
Crew at voyage outset 42
Crew at first landing of slaves 42
Crew deaths during voyage
Slave (numbers) Number of slaves intended at first place of purchase 550
Slaves carried from first port of purchase
Slaves carried from second port of purchase
Slaves carried from third port of purchase
Total slaves embarked
Total slaves embarked IMP 557
Number of slaves arriving at first place of landing 463
Number of slaves disembarked at first place of landing 463
Number of slaves disembarked at second place of landing
Number of slaves disembarked at third place of landing
Total slaves disembarked IMP 463
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
Mortality rate IMP
Source Sources JRL, English MS, 1390, 1, f. 15r:

John Rylands University Library (Manchester, UK)


Richardson,III:

Richardson, David, Bristol, Africa and the Eighteenth Century Slave Trade to America 1698-1807, 4 volumes (Bristol, 1986-1997)


LList, 1 Mar 1748:

New Lloyd's List (later, Lloyd's List), (London, England)