Ship, nation, owners Voyage identification number 81090
Voyage in 1999 CD-ROM Yes
Vessel name Dumfries
Flag Great Britain
Flag IMP Great Britain
Place constructed Prize (taken from French)
Year constructed 1777
Place registered London
Year registered 1781
Rig Ship
Tonnage 231
Standardized tonnage IMP 342
Guns mounted
Vessel owners Robinson, William
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 London
First place of slave purchase Cape Coast Castle
Second place of slave purchase Anomabu
Third place of slave purchase
Principal place of slave purchase IMP Gold Coast, port unspecified
Places of call before Atlantic crossing
First place of slave landing Barbados, place unspecified
Second place of slave landing Kingston
Third place of slave landing
Principal place of slave landing IMP Kingston
Place where voyage ended
Region where voyage began IMP England and Wales
First region of slave purchase Gold Coast
Second region of slave purchase Gold Coast
Third region of slave purchase
Principal region of slave purchase IMP Gold Coast
First region of slave landing Barbados
Second region of slave landing Jamaica
Third region of slave landing
Principal region of slave landing IMP Jamaica
Region where voyage ended
Voyage Dates Year arrived with slaves IMP 1782
Date voyage began 1781-05-20
Date trade began in Africa 1781-08-08
Date vessel departed Africa 1781-10-29
Date vessel arrived with slaves 1782-02-12
Date vessel departed for homeport 1782-07-13
Date voyage completed
Voyage length, homeport to slaves landing (days) IMP 268
Middle passage (days) IMP 106
Captain and Crew Captain's name Currie, Alexander
Coleman, 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
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 600
Number of slaves arriving at first place of landing 550
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 550
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 LR1782: Lloyd's Register of Shipping, 1764, 1768, 1776, 1778-84, 1786-1787, 1789-1808 (all published in London).
T70/1547:

British National Archives (Kew)


CO33/18:

Colonial Office BNA (Kew)


CO142/19:

Colonial Office BNA (Kew)


kg, 27 Apr-4 May 1782: Royal Gazette (Kingston)
cc, 19 Jan 1782: Cornwall Chronicle (Montego Bay)
LList, 28 June 1782:

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


LList, 8 Oct 1782:

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