Ship, nation, owners Voyage identification number 18060
Voyage in 1999 CD-ROM Yes
Vessel name Albion
Flag Great Britain
Flag IMP Great Britain
Place constructed Liverpool
Year constructed 1783
Place registered
Year registered
Rig Ship
Tonnage 164
Standardized tonnage IMP 164
Guns mounted 4
Vessel owners Jones, 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 Slave insurrection
Voyage Itinerary Place where voyage began IMP Bristol
First place of slave purchase Iles de Los
Second place of slave purchase Gallinhas
Third place of slave purchase Cape Mount (Cape Grand Mount)
Principal place of slave purchase IMP Gallinhas
Places of call before Atlantic crossing
First place of slave landing St. Vincent, port unspecified
Second place of slave landing
Third place of slave landing
Principal place of slave landing IMP St. Vincent, port unspecified
Place where voyage ended Bristol
Region where voyage began IMP England and Wales
First region of slave purchase Sierra Leone
Second region of slave purchase Sierra Leone
Third region of slave purchase Windward Coast
Principal region of slave purchase IMP Sierra Leone
First region of slave landing St. Vincent
Second region of slave landing
Third region of slave landing
Principal region of slave landing IMP St. Vincent
Region where voyage ended England and Wales
Voyage Dates Year arrived with slaves IMP 1791
Date voyage began 1790-04-14
Date trade began in Africa
Date vessel departed Africa
Date vessel arrived with slaves 1791-06-22
Date vessel departed for homeport
Date voyage completed 1791-08-14
Voyage length, homeport to slaves landing (days) IMP 434
Middle passage (days) IMP
Captain and Crew Captain's name Wade, John Robinson
Crew at voyage outset 28
Crew at first landing of slaves 25
Crew deaths during voyage
Slave (numbers) Number of slaves intended at first place of purchase 264
Slaves carried from first port of purchase
Slaves carried from second port of purchase
Slaves carried from third port of purchase
Total slaves embarked 262
Total slaves embarked IMP 262
Number of slaves arriving at first place of landing 262
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 262
Slave (characteristics) Percentage men IMP 61.1%
Percentage women IMP 27.5%
Percentage boys IMP 7.3%
Percentage girls IMP 4.2%
Percentage male IMP 68.3%
Percentage children IMP 11.5%
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)


BRO, SMV/9/3/3/8,361: Bristol Record Office (Bristol, UK) Society of Merchant Venturers, Sailors’ petitions for relief from the Society of Merchant Venturers