Ship, nation, owners Voyage identification number 80678
Voyage in 1999 CD-ROM Yes
Vessel name Brothers
Flag Great Britain
Flag IMP Great Britain
Place constructed Liverpool
Year constructed 1782
Place registered Liverpool
Year registered 1783
Rig Ship
Tonnage 119
Standardized tonnage IMP 119
Guns mounted
Vessel owners Fisher, Ralph
Kewley, 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 Sierra Leone estuary
Second place of slave purchase
Third place of slave purchase
Principal place of slave purchase IMP Sierra Leone estuary
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 Sierra Leone
Second region of slave purchase
Third region of slave purchase
Principal region of slave purchase IMP Sierra Leone
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 1785
Date voyage began 1784-07-28
Date trade began in Africa
Date vessel departed Africa
Date vessel arrived with slaves 1785-03-09
Date vessel departed for homeport 1785-03-29
Date voyage completed 1785-05-17
Voyage length, homeport to slaves landing (days) IMP 224
Middle passage (days) IMP
Captain and Crew Captain's name Kendall, Richard
Crew at voyage outset 27
Crew at first landing of slaves
Crew deaths during voyage 1
Slave (numbers) Number of slaves intended at first place of purchase 200
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 276
Number of slaves arriving at first place of landing 253
Number of slaves disembarked at first place of landing 248
Number of slaves disembarked at second place of landing
Number of slaves disembarked at third place of landing
Total slaves disembarked IMP 253
Slave (characteristics) Percentage men IMP 39.5%
Percentage women IMP 27.4%
Percentage boys IMP 16.1%
Percentage girls IMP 16.9%
Percentage male IMP 55.6%
Percentage children IMP 33.1%
Sterling cash price in Jamaica IMP
Slave deaths during middle passage IMP
Mortality rate IMP
Source Sources LR1786: Lloyd's Register of Shipping, 1764, 1768, 1776, 1778-84, 1786-1787, 1789-1808 (all published in London).
BT98/45,158:

BNA (Kew, London)

, Board of Trade

LivRO,942HOL(10),477: Liverpool Record Office (Liverpool, UK) 942 HOL, Materials towards a History of Liverpool collected by John Holt and Matthew Gregson, vol. 10
CO106/3,1:

Colonial Office, National Archives (UK)


CO106/4:

Colonial Office, National Archives (UK)


PP,1789(629),XXIV:

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


LST,1744-1786: Richardson, David, Katherine Beedham, and M. M. Schofield, Liverpool Shipping and Trade, 1744-1786 (ESRC Archives, University of Essex, 1992).
LList, 20 May 1785:

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