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 |
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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 TradeCO140/89,368: 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 |