Ship, nation, owners Voyage identification number 24923
Voyage in 1999 CD-ROM Yes
Vessel name Hothersall
Flag Great Britain
Flag IMP Great Britain
Place constructed Liverpool
Year constructed 1752
Place registered Poulton
Year registered 1752
Rig Snauw
Tonnage 70
Standardized tonnage IMP 70
Guns mounted 10
Vessel owners Birley, John*
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 Poulton
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 Barbados, place unspecified
Second place of slave landing Kingston
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
Second region of slave purchase
Third region of slave purchase
Principal region of slave purchase IMP Other Africa
First region of slave landing Barbados
Second region of slave landing Jamaica
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 1754
Date voyage began 1753-09-19
Date trade began in Africa
Date vessel departed Africa
Date vessel arrived with slaves 1754-12-24
Date vessel departed for homeport 1755-06-04
Date voyage completed 1755-08-01
Voyage length, homeport to slaves landing (days) IMP 461
Middle passage (days) IMP
Captain and Crew Captain's name Barrow, John
Crew at voyage outset
Crew at first landing of slaves 30
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 215
Number of slaves arriving at first place of landing 184
Number of slaves disembarked at first place of landing 34
Number of slaves disembarked at second place of landing 150
Number of slaves disembarked at third place of landing
Total slaves disembarked IMP 184
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 CO28/30,174:

Colonial Office BNA (Kew)


CO142/16,68-9,85-6:

Colonial Office BNA (Kew)


Schofield,253-4: Schofield, Maurice M. "Chester Slave Trading Partnerships, 1750-1756,"

Transactions of the Historic Society of Lancashire and Cheshire

, 130 (1980): 187-90

LList, 11 Mar 1755:

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


LList, 14 Mar 1755:

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


LList, 8 Apr 1755:

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


LList, 5 Aug 1755:

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