Ship, nation, owners Voyage identification number 81080
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 Sierra Leone estuary
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 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 Sierra Leone
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 1793
Date voyage began 1792-07-25
Date trade began in Africa 1792-10-02
Date vessel departed Africa 1793-01-10
Date vessel arrived with slaves 1793-02-11
Date vessel departed for homeport 1793-04-15
Date voyage completed 1793-06-07
Voyage length, homeport to slaves landing (days) IMP 201
Middle passage (days) IMP 32
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 317
Total slaves embarked IMP 317
Number of slaves arriving at first place of landing 315
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 315
Slave (characteristics) Percentage men IMP 47.0%
Percentage women IMP 33.0%
Percentage boys IMP 12.4%
Percentage girls IMP 7.6%
Percentage male IMP 59.4%
Percentage children IMP 20.0%
Sterling cash price in Jamaica IMP
Slave deaths during middle passage IMP 2
Mortality rate IMP 1.0%
Source Sources LR1793: Lloyd's Register of Shipping, 1764, 1768, 1776, 1778-84, 1786-1787, 1789-1808 (all published in London).
CO140/89,367:

Colonial Office, National Archives (UK)


T64/286,12:

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.60: 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.93: Great Britain, Irish University Press Series of British Parliamentary Papers: Slave Trade, vols. 1-90 (Shannon, 1969-74).
kg, 9-16 Feb 1793: Royal Gazette (Kingston)
LList, 27 July 1792:

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


LList, 23 Apr 1793:

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


LList, 7 June 1793:

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


LList, 14 June 1793:

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


Falconbridge,106:

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


GLGA,1792.11.19.: Gore’s Liverpool General Advertiser (Gore’s General Advertiser)