Ship, nation, owners Voyage identification number 80537
Voyage in 1999 CD-ROM Yes
Vessel name Betsey
Flag Great Britain
Flag IMP Great Britain
Place constructed Great Britain, place unspecified
Year constructed 1786
Place registered
Year registered
Rig Ship
Tonnage 119
Standardized tonnage IMP 119
Guns mounted
Vessel owners Miles, Richard
Weuves, Jerome Bernard
Voyage Outcome Particular outcome of voyage Shipwrecked or destroyed, after disembarkation
Outcome of voyage for slaves IMP Slaves disembarked in Americas
Outcome of voyage if ship captured IMP Natural hazard
Outcome of voyage for owner IMP Original goal thwarted (natural hazard)
African resistance
Voyage Itinerary Place where voyage began IMP London
First place of slave purchase Popo
Second place of slave purchase
Third place of slave purchase
Principal place of slave purchase IMP Popo
Places of call before Atlantic crossing
First place of slave landing St. Vincent, port unspecified
Second place of slave landing
Third place of slave landing
Principal place of slave landing IMP St. Vincent, port unspecified
Place where voyage ended
Region where voyage began IMP England and Wales
First region of slave purchase Bight of Benin
Second region of slave purchase
Third region of slave purchase
Principal region of slave purchase IMP Bight of Benin
First region of slave landing St. Vincent
Second region of slave landing
Third region of slave landing
Principal region of slave landing IMP St. Vincent
Region where voyage ended
Voyage Dates Year arrived with slaves IMP 1791
Date voyage began 1790-12-14
Date trade began in Africa
Date vessel departed Africa
Date vessel arrived with slaves 1791-10-??
Date vessel departed for homeport
Date voyage completed
Voyage length, homeport to slaves landing (days) IMP
Middle passage (days) IMP
Captain and Crew Captain's name Donald
Crew at voyage outset
Crew at first landing of slaves
Crew deaths during voyage
Slave (numbers) Number of slaves intended at first place of purchase 198
Slaves carried from first port of purchase
Slaves carried from second port of purchase
Slaves carried from third port of purchase
Total slaves embarked 204
Total slaves embarked IMP 204
Number of slaves arriving at first place of landing 203
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 203
Slave (characteristics) Percentage men IMP 44.3%
Percentage women IMP 35.5%
Percentage boys IMP 8.9%
Percentage girls IMP 11.3%
Percentage male IMP 53.2%
Percentage children IMP 20.2%
Sterling cash price in Jamaica IMP
Slave deaths during middle passage IMP 1
Mortality rate IMP
Source Sources LR1791: Lloyd's Register of Shipping, 1764, 1768, 1776, 1778-84, 1786-1787, 1789-1808 (all published in London).
T70/1563:

British National Archives (Kew)


PP,1792(768),XXXV:

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,1792(766-7),XXXV:

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,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


T64/286,10:

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,99.06.14: House of Lords Record Office (London, UK) Main Papers, House of Lords, 1794-1800
HLRO,MP,HL,99.06.25: House of Lords Record Office (London, UK) Main Papers, House of Lords, 1794-1800
LList, 17 Dec 1790:

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


LList, 11 Nov 1791:

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