Ship, nation, owners Voyage identification number 24914
Voyage in 1999 CD-ROM Yes
Vessel name Barlborough
Flag Great Britain
Flag IMP Great Britain
Place constructed Lancaster
Year constructed 1752
Place registered Lancaster
Year registered 1752
Rig Snauw
Tonnage 40
Standardized tonnage IMP 74
Guns mounted 6
Vessel owners Foster, Dodgson
Heathcote, John
Millerson, Richd
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 Lancaster
First place of slave purchase Gold Coast, port unspecified
Second place of slave purchase
Third place of slave purchase
Principal place of slave purchase IMP Gold Coast, port unspecified
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 Lancaster
Region where voyage began IMP England and Wales
First region of slave purchase Gold Coast
Second region of slave purchase
Third region of slave purchase
Principal region of slave purchase IMP Gold Coast
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 1753
Date voyage began 1752-09-14
Date trade began in Africa
Date vessel departed Africa
Date vessel arrived with slaves 1753-07-24
Date vessel departed for homeport 1753-08-10
Date voyage completed 1753-10-19
Voyage length, homeport to slaves landing (days) IMP 313
Middle passage (days) IMP
Captain and Crew Captain's name Millerson, Richard
Crew at voyage outset
Crew at first landing of slaves 18
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 116
Number of slaves arriving at first place of landing 101
Number of slaves disembarked at first place of landing 101
Number of slaves disembarked at second place of landing
Number of slaves disembarked at third place of landing
Total slaves disembarked IMP 101
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 JRL, English MS, 1390, 1, f, 17r:

John Rylands University Library (Manchester, UK)


CO28/30,145:

Colonial Office BNA (Kew)


CO142/15,159-60,164-5:

Colonial Office BNA (Kew)


Schofield,279: Schofield, Maurice M. "Chester Slave Trading Partnerships, 1750-1756,"

Transactions of the Historic Society of Lancashire and Cheshire

, 130 (1980): 187-90

Elder,44,66,96-8,127: Elder, Melinda, The Slave Trade and the Economic Development of Eighteenth Century Lancaster (Halifax, 1992).
LList, 21 Aug 1753:

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


LList, 19 Oct 1753:

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


CO142/16,1:

Colonial Office BNA (Kew)