Ship, nation, owners Voyage identification number 27192
Voyage in 1999 CD-ROM Yes
Vessel name Martha
Flag
Flag IMP Great Britain
Place constructed
Year constructed
Place registered
Year registered
Rig Snauw
Tonnage
Standardized tonnage IMP
Guns mounted
Vessel owners Champion
Voyage Outcome Particular outcome of voyage Captured by the French - after embarkation of slaves
Outcome of voyage for slaves IMP Slaves disembarked in Americas
Outcome of voyage if ship captured IMP French
Outcome of voyage for owner IMP Original goal thwarted (human agency)
African resistance
Voyage Itinerary Place where voyage began IMP Liverpool
First place of slave purchase Mano
Second place of slave purchase
Third place of slave purchase
Principal place of slave purchase IMP Mano
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 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 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 1747
Date voyage began
Date trade began in Africa 1747-05-??
Date vessel departed Africa
Date vessel arrived with slaves 1747-??-??
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 Willson
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 240
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 197
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 LList, 23 Feb 1748:

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


Williams,661: Williams, Gomer, History of the Liverpool Privateers and Letters of Marque with an Account of the Liverpool Slave Trade (London, 1897).
BFP7/F6/27,F.Bright,47.10.14.: University of Melbourne Archives (Melbourne, Australia) Bright Family Papers
BFP7/F6/22 and 25: University of Melbourne Archives (Melbourne, Australia) Bright Family Papers
BFP7/F7/1: University of Melbourne Archives (Melbourne, Australia) Bright Family Papers