Ship, nation, owners | Voyage identification number | 20662 |
Voyage in 1999 CD-ROM | Yes | |
Vessel name | Elizabeth | |
Flag | Great Britain | |
Flag IMP | Great Britain | |
Place constructed | British plantations | |
Year constructed | 1698 | |
Place registered | Liverpool | |
Year registered | 1715 | |
Rig | ||
Tonnage | 300 | |
Standardized tonnage IMP | 343 | |
Guns mounted | ||
Vessel owners | ||
Voyage Outcome | Particular outcome of voyage | Sold slaves in Americas - subsequent fate unknown |
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 | Liverpool |
First place of slave purchase | Madagascar | |
Second place of slave purchase | ||
Third place of slave purchase | ||
Principal place of slave purchase IMP | Madagascar | |
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 | ||
Region where voyage began IMP | England and Wales | |
First region of slave purchase | East Africa and Indian Ocean islands | |
Second region of slave purchase | ||
Third region of slave purchase | ||
Principal region of slave purchase IMP | East Africa and Indian Ocean 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 | ||
Voyage Dates | Year arrived with slaves IMP | 1719 |
Date voyage began | 1717-04-09 | |
Date trade began in Africa | ||
Date vessel departed Africa | ||
Date vessel arrived with slaves | 1719-09-07 | |
Date vessel departed for homeport | 1720-03-29 | |
Date voyage completed | ||
Voyage length, homeport to slaves landing (days) IMP | 881 | |
Middle passage (days) IMP | ||
Captain and Crew | Captain's name | Webster, John |
Crew at voyage outset | ||
Crew at first landing of slaves | ||
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 | 600 | |
Total slaves embarked IMP | 600 | |
Number of slaves arriving at first place of landing | 385 | |
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 | 385 | |
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 | 215 | |
Mortality rate IMP | 35.8% | |
Source | Sources | JRL, English MS, 1390, 1, f. 4v: John Rylands University Library (Manchester, UK) CO142/14,79,89: Colonial Office BNA (Kew) CO390/7: Colonial Office BNA (Kew) E190/1395/6: British National Archives (Kew, UK) Exchequer Kock,18-19: De Kock, Victor, Those in Bondage: An Account of the Life of a Slave at the Cape in the Days of the Dutch East India Company (Port Washington, NY, 1950). |