Ship, nation, owners Voyage identification number 80318
Voyage in 1999 CD-ROM Yes
Vessel name Ant
Flag Great Britain
Flag IMP Great Britain
Place constructed Prize (taken from French)
Year constructed 1778
Place registered Liverpool
Year registered 1783
Rig Brig
Tonnage 80
Standardized tonnage IMP 146
Guns mounted
Vessel owners Tomlinson, John
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 Bimbia
Second place of slave purchase
Third place of slave purchase
Principal place of slave purchase IMP Bimbia
Places of call before Atlantic crossing
First place of slave landing Grenada, place unspecified
Second place of slave landing
Third place of slave landing
Principal place of slave landing IMP Grenada, place unspecified
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 Grenada
Second region of slave landing
Third region of slave landing
Principal region of slave landing IMP Grenada
Region where voyage ended England and Wales
Voyage Dates Year arrived with slaves IMP 1784
Date voyage began 1783-11-01
Date trade began in Africa
Date vessel departed Africa
Date vessel arrived with slaves 1784-09-20
Date vessel departed for homeport 1784-10-29
Date voyage completed 1785-01-14
Voyage length, homeport to slaves landing (days) IMP 324
Middle passage (days) IMP
Captain and Crew Captain's name Griffith, John
Parry, William
Crew at voyage outset 9
Crew at first landing of slaves
Crew deaths during voyage 3
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 61
Number of slaves arriving at first place of landing 57
Number of slaves disembarked at first place of landing 57
Number of slaves disembarked at second place of landing
Number of slaves disembarked at third place of landing
Total slaves disembarked IMP 57
Slave (characteristics) Percentage men IMP 49.1%
Percentage women IMP 19.3%
Percentage boys IMP 15.8%
Percentage girls IMP 15.8%
Percentage male IMP 64.9%
Percentage children IMP 31.6%
Sterling cash price in Jamaica IMP
Slave deaths during middle passage IMP
Mortality rate IMP
Source Sources LR1784: Lloyd's Register of Shipping, 1764, 1768, 1776, 1778-84, 1786-1787, 1789-1808 (all published in London).
BT98/45,45:

BNA (Kew, London)

, Board of Trade

CO106/2:

Colonial Office BNA (Kew)


CO106/3,1:

Colonial Office BNA (Kew)


LST,1744-1786: Richardson, David, Katherine Beedham, and M. M. Schofield, Liverpool Shipping and Trade, 1744-1786 (ESRC Archives, University of Essex, 1992).
LList, 11 May 1784:

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