Ship, nation, owners Voyage identification number 80075
Voyage in 1999 CD-ROM Yes
Vessel name Aeolus
Flag Great Britain
Flag IMP Great Britain
Place constructed Liverpool
Year constructed 1787
Place registered
Year registered
Rig Ship
Tonnage 181
Standardized tonnage IMP 181
Guns mounted
Vessel owners Staniforth, Samuel
Benson, Moses
Brancker, Peter Whitfield
Staniforth, Charles
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 Liverpool
First place of slave purchase Cape Coast Castle
Second place of slave purchase Anomabu
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 Liverpool
Region where voyage began IMP England and Wales
First region of slave purchase Gold Coast
Second region of slave purchase Gold Coast
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 1795
Date voyage began 1794-09-05
Date trade began in Africa 1794-12-23
Date vessel departed Africa 1795-02-26
Date vessel arrived with slaves 1795-05-03
Date vessel departed for homeport 1795-07-23
Date voyage completed 1795-10-11
Voyage length, homeport to slaves landing (days) IMP 240
Middle passage (days) IMP 66
Captain and Crew Captain's name Neale, John Lewis
Crew at voyage outset 28
Crew at first landing of slaves
Crew deaths during voyage 5
Slave (numbers) Number of slaves intended at first place of purchase 301
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 299
Number of slaves arriving at first place of landing 294
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 294
Slave (characteristics) Percentage men IMP 53.1%
Percentage women IMP 31.3%
Percentage boys IMP 9.5%
Percentage girls IMP 6.1%
Percentage male IMP 62.6%
Percentage children IMP 15.6%
Sterling cash price in Jamaica IMP 60.64
Slave deaths during middle passage IMP
Mortality rate IMP
Source Sources LR1795: Lloyd's Register of Shipping, 1764, 1768, 1776, 1778-84, 1786-1787, 1789-1808 (all published in London).
BT98/55,233:

BNA (Kew, London)

, Board of Trade

CO140/89,368:

Colonial Office, National Archives (UK)


T70/1570:

Treasury, National Archives (Kew) Royal African Company Accounts


T70/1571:

Treasury, National Archives (Kew) Royal African Company Accounts


T70/1574:

Treasury, National Archives (Kew) Royal African Company Accounts


T64/286,40:

British National Archives (Kew, UK) Treasury


kg, 2-9 May 1795: Royal Gazette (Kingston)
Williams,334: Williams, Gomer, History of the Liverpool Privateers and Letters of Marque with an Account of the Liverpool Slave Trade (London, 1897).
LList, 7 July 1795:

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


LList, 13 Oct 1795:

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


ZHC1/90,Evidence of Peter Brancker: The National Archives (Kew, UK) Publications of the House of Commons
MMM, C/EX/L/5/2,1790.130: Merseyside Maritime Museum, Liverpool Registers of Merchant Ships, Subsidiary Register Books