Ship, nation, owners Voyage identification number 77878
Voyage in 1999 CD-ROM Yes
Vessel name Bird's Eye
Flag Great Britain
Flag IMP Great Britain
Place constructed British plantations
Year constructed 1763
Place registered London
Year registered
Rig Schooner
Tonnage 20
Standardized tonnage IMP 38
Guns mounted
Vessel owners Wright, Wm
Voyage Outcome Particular outcome of voyage Sold slaves in Americas - subsequent fate unknown
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 London
First place of slave purchase Iles de Los
Second place of slave purchase Windward Coast, place unspecified
Third place of slave purchase
Principal place of slave purchase IMP Windward Coast, place unspecified
Places of call before Atlantic crossing
First place of slave landing Barbados, place unspecified
Second place of slave landing Georgia, port unspecified
Third place of slave landing
Principal place of slave landing IMP Savannah
Place where voyage ended
Region where voyage began IMP England and Wales
First region of slave purchase Sierra Leone
Second region of slave purchase Windward Coast
Third region of slave purchase
Principal region of slave purchase IMP Windward Coast
First region of slave landing Barbados
Second region of slave landing Georgia
Third region of slave landing
Principal region of slave landing IMP Georgia
Region where voyage ended
Voyage Dates Year arrived with slaves IMP 1768
Date voyage began 1766-04-22
Date trade began in Africa
Date vessel departed Africa
Date vessel arrived with slaves 1768-06-16
Date vessel departed for homeport
Date voyage completed
Voyage length, homeport to slaves landing (days) IMP 786
Middle passage (days) IMP
Captain and Crew Captain's name Brown, George
Crew at voyage outset 8
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 102
Number of slaves arriving at first place of landing
Number of slaves disembarked at first place of landing 30
Number of slaves disembarked at second place of landing
Number of slaves disembarked at third place of landing
Total slaves disembarked IMP 92
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 ADM7/92:

Admiralty, National Archives (UK)


LR1764: Lloyd's Register of Shipping, 1764, 1768, 1776, 1778-84, 1786-1787, 1789-1808 (all published in London).
CO28/33,gg28:

Colonial Office BNA (Kew)


LList, 30 Sept 1766:

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


LList, 27 Mar 1767:

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


LList, 30 Aug 1768:

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