Ship, nation, owners Voyage identification number 80920
Voyage in 1999 CD-ROM Yes
Vessel name Courier
Flag Great Britain
Flag IMP Great Britain
Place constructed Boston
Year constructed 1781
Place registered
Year registered
Rig Brig
Tonnage 167
Standardized tonnage IMP 167
Guns mounted
Vessel owners Colley, James Eckley
Begg, William
Wilson, Charles
Hammond, Benjamin
Voyage Outcome Particular outcome of voyage Captured before disembarking slaves; vessel recaptured or released subsequently
Outcome of voyage for slaves IMP Slaves disembarked in Americas
Outcome of voyage if ship captured IMP Captor unspecified
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 Rio Nunez
Third place of slave purchase
Principal place of slave purchase IMP Bissagos
Places of call before Atlantic crossing
First place of slave landing Falmouth (Jam.)
Second place of slave landing
Third place of slave landing
Principal place of slave landing IMP Falmouth (Jam.)
Place where voyage ended Liverpool
Region where voyage began IMP England and Wales
First region of slave purchase Windward Coast
Second region of slave purchase Sierra Leone
Third region of slave purchase
Principal region of slave purchase IMP Senegambia and offshore Atlantic
First region of slave landing Jamaica
Second region of slave landing
Third region of slave landing
Principal region of slave landing IMP Jamaica
Region where voyage ended England and Wales
Voyage Dates Year arrived with slaves IMP 1793
Date voyage began 1792-09-20
Date trade began in Africa 1792-10-10
Date vessel departed Africa 1793-05-01
Date vessel arrived with slaves 1793-06-08
Date vessel departed for homeport
Date voyage completed 1793-11-05
Voyage length, homeport to slaves landing (days) IMP 261
Middle passage (days) IMP 38
Captain and Crew Captain's name Beale, Richard P
Rigby
Crew at voyage outset 19
Crew at first landing of slaves
Crew deaths during voyage 13
Slave (numbers) Number of slaves intended at first place of purchase 278
Slaves carried from first port of purchase
Slaves carried from second port of purchase
Slaves carried from third port of purchase
Total slaves embarked 277
Total slaves embarked IMP 277
Number of slaves arriving at first place of landing 257
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 253
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 24
Mortality rate IMP 9.0%
Source Sources LR1793: Lloyd's Register of Shipping, 1764, 1768, 1776, 1778-84, 1786-1787, 1789-1808 (all published in London).
BT98/54,157:

BNA (Kew, London)

, Board of Trade

CO140/89,380:

Colonial Office BNA (Kew)


T64/286,33:

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,undated(1794),no.80: House of Lords Record Office (London, UK) Main Papers, House of Lords, 1794-1800
HLRO,MP,HL,99.06.17: 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
kg, 8-15 June 1793: Royal Gazette (Kingston)
cc, 15 June 1793: Cornwall Chronicle (Montego Bay)
Williams,315: Williams, Gomer, History of the Liverpool Privateers and Letters of Marque with an Account of the Liverpool Slave Trade (London, 1897).
LList, 11 Oct 1793:

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


LList, 18 Oct 1793:

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


LList, 8 Nov 1793:

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