Ship, nation, owners Voyage identification number 81079
Voyage in 1999 CD-ROM Yes
Vessel name Duke of Buccleugh
Flag Great Britain
Flag IMP Great Britain
Place constructed Yarmouth
Year constructed 1783
Place registered
Year registered
Rig Ship
Tonnage 239
Standardized tonnage IMP 239
Guns mounted
Vessel owners Anderson, John
Anderson, Alexander
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 London
First place of slave purchase Bance/Bunce Island
Second place of slave purchase
Third place of slave purchase
Principal place of slave purchase IMP Bance/Bunce Island
Places of call before Atlantic crossing
First place of slave landing Kingston
Second place of slave landing
Third place of slave landing
Principal place of slave landing IMP Kingston
Place where voyage ended London
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 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 1791
Date voyage began 1791-01-24
Date trade began in Africa 1791-06-01
Date vessel departed Africa
Date vessel arrived with slaves 1791-11-09
Date vessel departed for homeport
Date voyage completed 1792-03-18
Voyage length, homeport to slaves landing (days) IMP 289
Middle passage (days) IMP
Captain and Crew Captain's name McLean, John
Crew at voyage outset
Crew at first landing of slaves
Crew deaths during voyage
Slave (numbers) Number of slaves intended at first place of purchase 373
Slaves carried from first port of purchase
Slaves carried from second port of purchase
Slaves carried from third port of purchase
Total slaves embarked 358
Total slaves embarked IMP 358
Number of slaves arriving at first place of landing 352
Number of slaves disembarked at first place of landing 350
Number of slaves disembarked at second place of landing
Number of slaves disembarked at third place of landing
Total slaves disembarked IMP 352
Slave (characteristics) Percentage men IMP 50.6%
Percentage women IMP 25.6%
Percentage boys IMP 10.2%
Percentage girls IMP 13.6%
Percentage male IMP 60.8%
Percentage children IMP 23.9%
Sterling cash price in Jamaica IMP 56.14
Slave deaths during middle passage IMP 6
Mortality rate IMP 2.0%
Source Sources LR1792: Lloyd's Register of Shipping, 1764, 1768, 1776, 1778-84, 1786-1787, 1789-1808 (all published in London).
PP,1792(768),XXXV:

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


PP,1792(766-7),XXXV:

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


T64/286,10:

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
IUP,ST,XIV.A.84,85: Great Britain, Irish University Press Series of British Parliamentary Papers: Slave Trade, vols. 1-90 (Shannon, 1969-74).
kg, 5-12 Nov 1791: Royal Gazette (Kingston)
LList, 25 Jan 1791:

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


LList, 13 Jan 1792:

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


LList, 16, 20 Mar 17:

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


ST: Institute of Commonwealth Studies (London, UK) Simon Taylor Archive
Falconbridge,2-4:

Falconbridge, Anna Maria, Narrative of Two Voyages to the River Sierra Leone , during the Years 1791, 1792, and 1793 (London, 2000)