Ship, nation, owners Voyage identification number 80416
Voyage in 1999 CD-ROM Yes
Vessel name Backhouse
Flag Great Britain
Flag IMP Great Britain
Place constructed Chester
Year constructed 1785
Place registered Liverpool
Year registered 1792
Rig Ship
Tonnage 195
Standardized tonnage IMP 195
Guns mounted
Vessel owners Tarleton, John
Backhouse, Daniel
Tarleton, Thomas
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 Slave insurrection
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 Montego Bay
Second place of slave landing
Third place of slave landing
Principal place of slave landing IMP Montego Bay
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 1793
Date voyage began 1792-10-27
Date trade began in Africa 1793-01-12
Date vessel departed Africa 1793-05-06
Date vessel arrived with slaves 1793-07-05
Date vessel departed for homeport 1793-10-11
Date voyage completed 1793-12-21
Voyage length, homeport to slaves landing (days) IMP 251
Middle passage (days) IMP 60
Captain and Crew Captain's name Harrocks, James
Pele, Michael
Crew at voyage outset 33
Crew at first landing of slaves
Crew deaths during voyage 17
Slave (numbers) Number of slaves intended at first place of purchase 325
Slaves carried from first port of purchase
Slaves carried from second port of purchase
Slaves carried from third port of purchase
Total slaves embarked 296
Total slaves embarked IMP 296
Number of slaves arriving at first place of landing 281
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 278
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 18
Mortality rate IMP 6.0%
Source Sources LR1793: Lloyd's Register of Shipping, 1764, 1768, 1776, 1778-84, 1786-1787, 1789-1808 (all published in London).
BT98/54,100:

BNA (Kew, London)

, Board of Trade

CO140/89,380:

Colonial Office, National Archives (UK)


PP,1795-6(849),XLII:

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


T64/286,34:

British National Archives (Kew, UK) Treasury


HLRO,MP,HL,94.03.22: House of Lords Record Office (London, UK) Main Papers, House of Lords, 1794-1800
HLRO,MP,HL,undated(1794),no.94: House of Lords Record Office (London, UK) Main Papers, House of Lords, 1794-1800
HLRO,MP,HL,1800.07.28: House of Lords Record Office (London, UK) Main Papers, House of Lords, 1794-1800
craig,117: Craig, Robert and Rupert Jarvis, Liverpool Registry of Merchant Ships (Manchester, 1967).
kg, 29 June-6 July 1793: Royal Gazette (Kingston)
cc, 6 July 1793: Cornwall Chronicle (Montego Bay)
cc, 20 July 1793: Cornwall Chronicle (Montego Bay)
LList, 13 Aug 1793:

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


LList, 24 Sept 1793:

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


LList, 24 Dec 1793:

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