Ship, nation, owners Voyage identification number 80841
Voyage in 1999 CD-ROM Yes
Vessel name Christopher
Flag Great Britain
Flag IMP Great Britain
Place constructed Galway
Year constructed
Place registered Great Britain, place unspecified
Year registered
Rig Ship
Tonnage 256
Standardized tonnage IMP 256
Guns mounted
Vessel owners Tatham, Richard Trotter
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 Liverpool
First place of slave purchase Congo River
Second place of slave purchase
Third place of slave purchase
Principal place of slave purchase IMP Congo River
Places of call before Atlantic crossing
First place of slave landing Charleston
Second place of slave landing
Third place of slave landing
Principal place of slave landing IMP Charleston
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
Third region of slave purchase
Principal region of slave purchase IMP West Central Africa and St. Helena
First region of slave landing South Carolina
Second region of slave landing
Third region of slave landing
Principal region of slave landing IMP South Carolina
Region where voyage ended
Voyage Dates Year arrived with slaves IMP 1804
Date voyage began 1804-03-16
Date trade began in Africa
Date vessel departed Africa
Date vessel arrived with slaves 1804-09-04
Date vessel departed for homeport
Date voyage completed
Voyage length, homeport to slaves landing (days) IMP 172
Middle passage (days) IMP 54
Captain and Crew Captain's name Woodward, Robert
Eskildson, Christopher
Crew at voyage outset 39
Crew at first landing of slaves
Crew deaths during voyage 5
Slave (numbers) Number of slaves intended at first place of purchase 271
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 300
Number of slaves arriving at first place of landing 270
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 270
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
Mortality rate IMP
Source Sources LR1805: Lloyd's Register of Shipping, 1764, 1768, 1776, 1778-84, 1786-1787, 1789-1808 (all published in London).
BT98/66,362:

BNA (Kew, London)

, Board of Trade

PP,1806(265),XIII,no.1:

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


Donnan,IV,504:

Donnan, Elizabeth, ed., Documents Illustrative of the History of the Slave Trade to the Americas, vol. III (Washington, DC, 1930)


LList, 24 Aug 1804:

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


LList, 16 Oct 1804:

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


LList, 2 Nov 1804:

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


McMillin: McMillin, James A., The Final Victims: The Foreign Slave Trade to North America, 1783-1810 (Columbia, SC., 2004), CD-ROM insert.
MMM, C/EX/L/5/4,1801.090: Merseyside Maritime Museum, Liverpool Registers of Merchant Ships, Subsidiary Register Books