Ship, nation, owners Voyage identification number 17877
Voyage in 1999 CD-ROM Yes
Vessel name Maesgwyn
Flag Great Britain
Flag IMP Great Britain
Place constructed Prize (taken from Spanish)
Year constructed 1762
Place registered Bristol
Year registered
Rig Ship
Tonnage 120
Standardized tonnage IMP 218
Guns mounted 6
Vessel owners Powell, John
Powell (Son)*
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 Bristol
First place of slave purchase Gold Coast, port unspecified
Second place of slave purchase
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 Jamaica, place unspecified
Second place of slave landing
Third place of slave landing
Principal place of slave landing IMP Jamaica, place unspecified
Place where voyage ended Bristol
Region where voyage began IMP England and Wales
First region of slave purchase Gold Coast
Second region of slave purchase
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 1775
Date voyage began 1775-04-07
Date trade began in Africa 1775-07-11
Date vessel departed Africa 1775-10-18
Date vessel arrived with slaves 1775-12-24
Date vessel departed for homeport 1776-02-07
Date voyage completed 1776-04-11
Voyage length, homeport to slaves landing (days) IMP 261
Middle passage (days) IMP 67
Captain and Crew Captain's name Brown, Windsor
Crew at voyage outset 48
Crew at first landing of slaves 29
Crew deaths during voyage
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 420
Total slaves embarked IMP 420
Number of slaves arriving at first place of landing
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 343
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 Richardson,IV:

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


BT6/3,84:

BNA (Kew, London)

, Board of Trade

LR1776: Lloyd's Register of Shipping, 1764, 1768, 1776, 1778-84, 1786-1787, 1789-1808 (all published in London).
T70/1541:

British National Archives (Kew)