Ship, nation, owners Voyage identification number 80673
Voyage in 1999 CD-ROM Yes
Vessel name Brooks
Flag Great Britain
Flag IMP Great Britain
Place constructed Liverpool
Year constructed 1781
Place registered
Year registered
Rig Ship
Tonnage 353
Standardized tonnage IMP 353
Guns mounted
Vessel owners Clarke, Henry
Voyage Outcome Particular outcome of voyage Condemned - Americas 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 Liverpool
First place of slave purchase Congo River
Second place of slave purchase Cabinda
Third place of slave purchase
Principal place of slave purchase IMP West Central Africa and St. Helena, port unspecified
Places of call before Atlantic crossing
First place of slave landing Montevideo
Second place of slave landing
Third place of slave landing
Principal place of slave landing IMP Montevideo
Place where voyage ended
Region where voyage began IMP England and Wales
First region of slave purchase West Central Africa and St. Helena
Second region of slave purchase West Central Africa and St. Helena
Third region of slave purchase
Principal region of slave purchase IMP West Central Africa and St. Helena
First region of slave landing Rio de la Plata
Second region of slave landing
Third region of slave landing
Principal region of slave landing IMP Rio de la Plata
Region where voyage ended
Voyage Dates Year arrived with slaves IMP 1804
Date voyage began 1804-05-03
Date trade began in Africa
Date vessel departed Africa 1804-09-13
Date vessel arrived with slaves 1804-11-14
Date vessel departed for homeport
Date voyage completed
Voyage length, homeport to slaves landing (days) IMP 195
Middle passage (days) IMP 62
Captain and Crew Captain's name Murdock, William
Crew at voyage outset 54
Crew at first landing of slaves
Crew deaths during voyage 2
Slave (numbers) Number of slaves intended at first place of purchase 322
Slaves carried from first port of purchase
Slaves carried from second port of purchase
Slaves carried from third port of purchase
Total slaves embarked 322
Total slaves embarked IMP 322
Number of slaves arriving at first place of landing 320
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 320
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 2
Mortality rate IMP 1.0%
Source Sources LR1805: Lloyd's Register of Shipping, 1764, 1768, 1776, 1778-84, 1786-1787, 1789-1808 (all published in London).
BT98/66,333:

BNA (Kew, London)

, Board of Trade

ADM7/375:

Admiralty, National Archives (Kew)


PP,1806(265),XIII,no.2:

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


sem,III,102: Semanario de Agricultura, Industria y Commercio
Studer:

De Studer, Elena F. S., Trata de Negros en el Rio de la Plata Durante el Siglo XVII (Buenos Aires, 1984).


LList, 23 Nov 1804:

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


LList, 1 Mar 1805:

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


LList, 2 Apr 1805:

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


MMM, C/EX/L/5/5,1804.050: Merseyside Maritime Museum, Liverpool Registers of Merchant Ships, Subsidiary Register Books