Ship, nation, owners | Voyage identification number | 24039 |
Voyage in 1999 CD-ROM | Yes | |
Vessel name | Lady Walpole | |
Flag | Great Britain | |
Flag IMP | Great Britain | |
Place constructed | British plantations | |
Year constructed | ||
Place registered | Whitehaven | |
Year registered | 1765 | |
Rig | Snauw | |
Tonnage | 98 | |
Standardized tonnage IMP | 179 | |
Guns mounted | 4 | |
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 | ||
Voyage Itinerary | Place where voyage began IMP | Whitehaven |
First place of slave purchase | Gambia | |
Second place of slave purchase | ||
Third place of slave purchase | ||
Principal place of slave purchase IMP | Gambia | |
Places of call before Atlantic crossing | ||
First place of slave landing | Antigua, place unspecified | |
Second place of slave landing | ||
Third place of slave landing | ||
Principal place of slave landing IMP | Saint John (Antigua) | |
Place where voyage ended | ||
Region where voyage began IMP | England and Wales | |
First region of slave purchase | Senegambia and offshore Atlantic | |
Second region of slave purchase | ||
Third region of slave purchase | ||
Principal region of slave purchase IMP | Senegambia and offshore Atlantic | |
First region of slave landing | Antigua | |
Second region of slave landing | ||
Third region of slave landing | ||
Principal region of slave landing IMP | Antigua | |
Region where voyage ended | ||
Voyage Dates | Year arrived with slaves IMP | 1767 |
Date voyage began | 1766-12-16 | |
Date trade began in Africa | 1767-06-12 | |
Date vessel departed Africa | 1767-08-12 | |
Date vessel arrived with slaves | 1767-12-25 | |
Date vessel departed for homeport | ||
Date voyage completed | ||
Voyage length, homeport to slaves landing (days) IMP | 374 | |
Middle passage (days) IMP | 135 | |
Captain and Crew | Captain's name | Davison, Edward |
Crew at voyage outset | 14 | |
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 | 63 | |
Total slaves embarked IMP | 63 | |
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 | 54 | |
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 | BT6/3,168: BNA (Kew, London) , Board of TradeCO267/1,a24: Colonial Office, National Archives (UK) LList, 25 Dec 1767: New Lloyd's List (later, Lloyd's List), (London, England) SchofieldArchive: Schofield, Maurice M., Notes on Liverpool slave ships between 1774 and 1778, currently held by the Wilberforce Institute (University of Hull). Richardson,Schofield,198: Richardson, David and Maurice M. Schofield,"Whitehaven and the Eighteenth Century British Slave Trade," Transactions of the Cumberland and Westmorland Antiquarian and Archaeological Society, 92 (1992): 183-204. |