Ship, nation, owners | Voyage identification number | 24508 |
Voyage in 1999 CD-ROM | Yes | |
Vessel name | Thetis | |
Flag | ||
Flag IMP | Great Britain | |
Place constructed | ||
Year constructed | ||
Place registered | ||
Year registered | ||
Rig | ||
Tonnage | 60 | |
Standardized tonnage IMP | 60 | |
Guns mounted | ||
Vessel owners | Barber, Miles* | |
Voyage Outcome | Particular outcome of voyage | Captured by pirates or privateers - after embarkation of slaves |
Outcome of voyage for slaves IMP | Slaves disembarked in Americas | |
Outcome of voyage if ship captured IMP | pirate/privateer action | |
Outcome of voyage for owner IMP | Original goal thwarted (human agency) | |
African resistance | ||
Voyage Itinerary | Place where voyage began IMP | Lancaster |
First place of slave purchase | ||
Second place of slave purchase | ||
Third place of slave purchase | ||
Principal place of slave purchase IMP | Africa, port unspecified | |
Places of call before Atlantic crossing | ||
First place of slave landing | Martinique, place unspecified | |
Second place of slave landing | ||
Third place of slave landing | ||
Principal place of slave landing IMP | Martinique, place unspecified | |
Place where voyage ended | ||
Region where voyage began IMP | England and Wales | |
First region of slave purchase | ||
Second region of slave purchase | ||
Third region of slave purchase | ||
Principal region of slave purchase IMP | Other Africa | |
First region of slave landing | Martinique | |
Second region of slave landing | ||
Third region of slave landing | ||
Principal region of slave landing IMP | Martinique | |
Region where voyage ended | ||
Voyage Dates | Year arrived with slaves IMP | 1760 |
Date voyage began | 1760-01-?? | |
Date trade began in Africa | ||
Date vessel departed Africa | ||
Date vessel arrived with slaves | 1760-??-?? | |
Date vessel departed for homeport | ||
Date voyage completed | ||
Voyage length, homeport to slaves landing (days) IMP | ||
Middle passage (days) IMP | ||
Captain and Crew | Captain's name | Preston, 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 | ||
Total slaves embarked IMP | 250 | |
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 | 209 | |
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 | BT6/3,158: BNA (Kew, London) , Board of TradeLList, 24 June 1760: New Lloyd's List (later, Lloyd's List), (London, England) LList, 3 Mar 1761: New Lloyd's List (later, Lloyd's List), (London, England) Elder,154,156: Elder, Melinda, The Slave Trade and the Economic Development of Eighteenth Century Lancaster (Halifax, 1992). Schofield,254: Schofield, Maurice M. "Chester Slave Trading Partnerships, 1750-1756, "Transactions of the Historic Society of Lancashire and Cheshire, 130 (1980): 187-190 |