Ship, nation, owners Voyage identification number 24572
Voyage in 1999 CD-ROM Yes
Vessel name Venus
Flag Great Britain
Flag IMP Great Britain
Place constructed Liverpool
Year constructed 1762
Place registered Whitehaven
Year registered 1763
Rig Brig
Tonnage 127
Standardized tonnage IMP 231
Guns mounted 3
Vessel owners
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 Whitehaven
First place of slave purchase Bonny
Second place of slave purchase
Third place of slave purchase
Principal place of slave purchase IMP Bonny
Places of call before Atlantic crossing
First place of slave landing Barbados, place unspecified
Second place of slave landing
Third place of slave landing
Principal place of slave landing IMP Barbados, place unspecified
Place where voyage ended Whitehaven
Region where voyage began IMP England and Wales
First region of slave purchase Bight of Biafra and Gulf of Guinea islands
Second region of slave purchase
Third region of slave purchase
Principal region of slave purchase IMP Bight of Biafra and Gulf of Guinea islands
First region of slave landing Barbados
Second region of slave landing
Third region of slave landing
Principal region of slave landing IMP Barbados
Region where voyage ended England and Wales
Voyage Dates Year arrived with slaves IMP 1764
Date voyage began 1763-??-??
Date trade began in Africa
Date vessel departed Africa
Date vessel arrived with slaves 1764-03-21
Date vessel departed for homeport
Date voyage completed 1764-07-??
Voyage length, homeport to slaves landing (days) IMP
Middle passage (days) IMP
Captain and Crew Captain's name Briggs, Wm
Crew at voyage outset
Crew at first landing of slaves 19
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 383
Number of slaves arriving at first place of landing 340
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 340
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 BT6/3,161A:

BNA (Kew, London)

, Board of Trade

LList, 30 Mar 1764:

New Lloyd's List (later, Lloyd's List), (London, England)


LList, 24 July 1764:

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 David Richardson (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.
CO33/18,6:

Colonial Office BNA (Kew)


CO28/32,129:

Colonial Office BNA (Kew)