Ship, nation, owners Voyage identification number 80863
Voyage in 1999 CD-ROM Yes
Vessel name Colonel
Flag Great Britain
Flag IMP Great Britain
Place constructed Virginia, port unspecified
Year constructed
Place registered
Year registered
Rig Ship
Tonnage 130
Standardized tonnage IMP 130
Guns mounted
Vessel owners Hodgson, Thomas
Hodgson, Ellis Leckonby
Pickop, Thomas
Hammond, Benjamin
Lee, Thomas
Voyage Outcome Particular outcome of voyage Captured by the French - after slaves disembarked
Outcome of voyage for slaves IMP Slaves disembarked in Americas
Outcome of voyage if ship captured IMP French
Outcome of voyage for owner IMP Original goal thwarted (human agency)
African resistance
Voyage Itinerary Place where voyage began IMP Liverpool
First place of slave purchase Cape Mount (Cape Grand Mount)
Second place of slave purchase
Third place of slave purchase
Principal place of slave purchase IMP Cape Mount (Cape Grand Mount)
Places of call before Atlantic crossing
First place of slave landing Bahamas, port unspecified
Second place of slave landing
Third place of slave landing
Principal place of slave landing IMP Bahamas, port unspecified
Place where voyage ended
Region where voyage began IMP England and Wales
First region of slave purchase Windward Coast
Second region of slave purchase
Third region of slave purchase
Principal region of slave purchase IMP Windward Coast
First region of slave landing Bahamas
Second region of slave landing
Third region of slave landing
Principal region of slave landing IMP Bahamas
Region where voyage ended
Voyage Dates Year arrived with slaves IMP 1794
Date voyage began 1793-11-23
Date trade began in Africa 1793-12-30
Date vessel departed Africa 1794-04-03
Date vessel arrived with slaves 1794-06-06
Date vessel departed for homeport
Date voyage completed
Voyage length, homeport to slaves landing (days) IMP 195
Middle passage (days) IMP 64
Captain and Crew Captain's name Lee, Thomas
Crew at voyage outset 29
Crew at first landing of slaves
Crew deaths during voyage
Slave (numbers) Number of slaves intended at first place of purchase 216
Slaves carried from first port of purchase
Slaves carried from second port of purchase
Slaves carried from third port of purchase
Total slaves embarked 216
Total slaves embarked IMP 216
Number of slaves arriving at first place of landing 216
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 216
Slave (characteristics) Percentage men IMP 58.3%
Percentage women IMP 25.9%
Percentage boys IMP 9.3%
Percentage girls IMP 6.5%
Percentage male IMP 67.6%
Percentage children IMP 15.7%
Sterling cash price in Jamaica IMP
Slave deaths during middle passage IMP
Mortality rate IMP
Source Sources LR1794: Lloyd's Register of Shipping, 1764, 1768, 1776, 1778-84, 1786-1787, 1789-1808 (all published in London).
BT98/55,276:

BNA (Kew, London)

, Board of Trade

T64/286,36:

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,1800.07.28: House of Lords Record Office (London, UK) Main Papers, House of Lords, 1794-1800
bg, 10 June 1794: Bahama Gazette
LList, 25 July 1794:

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


LList, 14 Oct 1794:

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