| Ship, nation, owners | Voyage identification number | 24610 |
| 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 | 4 | |
| Vessel owners | Fletcher, Edward* | |
| 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 | Sherbro | |
| Second place of slave purchase | ||
| Third place of slave purchase | ||
| Principal place of slave purchase IMP | Sherbro | |
| 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 | Whitehaven | |
| Region where voyage began IMP | England and Wales | |
| First region of slave purchase | Sierra Leone | |
| Second region of slave purchase | ||
| Third region of slave purchase | ||
| Principal region of slave purchase IMP | Sierra Leone | |
| 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 | England and Wales | |
| Voyage Dates | Year arrived with slaves IMP | 1765 |
| Date voyage began | 1764-10-06 | |
| Date trade began in Africa | ||
| Date vessel departed Africa | ||
| Date vessel arrived with slaves | 1765-10-05 | |
| Date vessel departed for homeport | 1766-03-07 | |
| Date voyage completed | 1766-05-13 | |
| Voyage length, homeport to slaves landing (days) IMP | 364 | |
| Middle passage (days) IMP | ||
| Captain and Crew | Captain's name | Fleming, Roger |
| Crew at voyage outset | ||
| Crew at first landing of slaves | 22 | |
| 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 | 248 | |
| Number of slaves arriving at first place of landing | 220 | |
| 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 | 220 | |
| 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 | BT6/3,162: BNA (Kew, London) , Board of TradeCO142/17,32-33: Colonial Office, National Archives (UK) CO142/18,129-30: Colonial Office, National Archives (UK) LList, 14 Feb 1766: New Lloyd's List (later, Lloyd's List), (London, England) LList, 13 May 1766: 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. HCA15/56,Birkett,1769.07.29: High Court of Admiralty, The National Archives |