Ship, nation, owners Voyage identification number 80160
Voyage in 1999 CD-ROM Yes
Vessel name Alexander
Flag Great Britain
Flag IMP Great Britain
Place constructed France, place unspecified
Year constructed 1797
Place registered
Year registered
Rig Ship
Tonnage 327
Standardized tonnage IMP 327
Guns mounted
Vessel owners Titherington, John
Smith, Bryan
Shaw, Alexander
Holt, Aaron
Ingles, James
Mills, George
Garden, James
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 Bonny
Second place of slave purchase
Third place of slave purchase
Principal place of slave purchase IMP Bonny
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 Bight of Biafra and Gulf of Guinea islands
Second region of slave purchase
Third region of slave purchase
Principal region of slave purchase IMP Bight of Biafra and Gulf of Guinea islands
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 1800
Date voyage began 1799-10-29
Date trade began in Africa
Date vessel departed Africa
Date vessel arrived with slaves 1800-07-08
Date vessel departed for homeport 1800-09-06
Date voyage completed 1800-11-03
Voyage length, homeport to slaves landing (days) IMP 252
Middle passage (days) IMP
Captain and Crew Captain's name Threlfall, Joseph
Tanner
Crew at voyage outset 51
Crew at first landing of slaves
Crew deaths during voyage 12
Slave (numbers) Number of slaves intended at first place of purchase 323
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 338
Number of slaves arriving at first place of landing 310
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 310
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 LR1800: Lloyd's Register of Shipping, 1764, 1768, 1776, 1778-84, 1786-1787, 1789-1808 (all published in London).
BT98/60,484:

BNA (Kew, London)

, Board of Trade

PP,1806(265),XIII,no.1:

Great Britain, Parliamentary Papers: 1777, Accounts and Papers, No 9 1788, XXII 1789, XXIV, XXV, XXVI 1790, XXIX, XXX, XXXI 1790-91, XXXIV 1792, XXXV 1795-96, XLII 1798-99, XLVIII 1799 XLVIII 1801-2, IV 1803-4, X 1806, XII 1813-14, XII 1816, VII 1823, XIX 1825, XXVII, XXIX 1826, XXIX 1826-7, XXII, XXVI 1828, XXVI 1829, XXVI 1830, X 1831, XIX 1831-32, XLVII 1842, XLIV 1845,XLIX 1847-8, XXII 1852-3, XXXIX


PP,1801-2(88),IV,no.1:

Great Britain, Parliamentary Papers: 1777, Accounts and Papers, No 9 1788, XXII 1789, XXIV, XXV, XXVI 1790, XXIX, XXX, XXXI 1790-91, XXXIV 1792, XXXV 1795-96, XLII 1798-99, XLVIII 1799 XLVIII 1801-2, IV 1803-4, X 1806, XII 1813-14, XII 1816, VII 1823, XIX 1825, XXVII, XXIX 1826, XXIX 1826-7, XXII, XXVI 1828, XXVI 1829, XXVI 1830, X 1831, XIX 1831-32, XLVII 1842, XLIV 1845,XLIX 1847-8, XXII 1852-3, XXXIX


PP,1801-2(88),IV,no.1:

Great Britain, Parliamentary Papers: 1777, Accounts and Papers, No 9 1788, XXII 1789, XXIV, XXV, XXVI 1790, XXIX, XXX, XXXI 1790-91, XXXIV 1792, XXXV 1795-96, XLII 1798-99, XLVIII 1799 XLVIII 1801-2, IV 1803-4, X 1806, XII 1813-14, XII 1816, VII 1823, XIX 1825, XXVII, XXIX 1826, XXIX 1826-7, XXII, XXVI 1828, XXVI 1829, XXVI 1830, X 1831, XIX 1831-32, XLVII 1842, XLIV 1845,XLIX 1847-8, XXII 1852-3, XXXIX


kg, 5-12 July 1800: Royal Gazette (Kingston)
DickySam,128-29: Sam, Dickey], Liverpool and Slavery: An Historical Account of the Liverpool-African Slave Trade, by a 'Genuine Dicky Sam' (Liverpool, 1884).
LList, 27 June 1800:

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


LList, 1 July 1800:

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


LList, 5 Sept 1800:

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


LList, 7 Nov 1800:

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


MMM, C/EX/L/5/4,1799.166: Merseyside Maritime Museum, Liverpool Registers of Merchant Ships, Subsidiary Register Books