Ship, nation, owners Voyage identification number 81136
Voyage in 1999 CD-ROM Yes
Vessel name Edgar
Flag Great Britain
Flag IMP Great Britain
Place constructed Liverpool
Year constructed 1771
Place registered
Year registered
Rig Ship
Tonnage 180
Standardized tonnage IMP 180
Guns mounted
Vessel owners Fisher, Ralph
Kewley, John
Aspinall, William
Kewley, Patrick
Voyage Outcome Particular outcome of voyage Sold in the Americas after disembarking slaves
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 Liverpool
First place of slave purchase Malembo
Second place of slave purchase
Third place of slave purchase
Principal place of slave purchase IMP Malembo
Places of call before Atlantic crossing
First place of slave landing Barbados, place unspecified
Second place of slave landing
Third place of slave landing
Principal place of slave landing IMP Barbados, place unspecified
Place where voyage ended
Region where voyage began IMP England and Wales
First region of slave purchase West Central Africa and St. Helena
Second region of slave purchase
Third region of slave purchase
Principal region of slave purchase IMP West Central Africa and St. Helena
First region of slave landing Barbados
Second region of slave landing
Third region of slave landing
Principal region of slave landing IMP Barbados
Region where voyage ended
Voyage Dates Year arrived with slaves IMP 1795
Date voyage began 1794-10-16
Date trade began in Africa
Date vessel departed Africa
Date vessel arrived with slaves 1795-10-22
Date vessel departed for homeport
Date voyage completed
Voyage length, homeport to slaves landing (days) IMP 371
Middle passage (days) IMP
Captain and Crew Captain's name Kendall, John
Crew at voyage outset 20
Crew at first landing of slaves
Crew deaths during voyage 2
Slave (numbers) Number of slaves intended at first place of purchase 300
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 299
Number of slaves arriving at first place of landing 287
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 287
Slave (characteristics) Percentage men IMP 52.6%
Percentage women IMP 30.0%
Percentage boys IMP 9.1%
Percentage girls IMP 8.4%
Percentage male IMP 61.7%
Percentage children IMP 17.4%
Sterling cash price in Jamaica IMP
Slave deaths during middle passage IMP
Mortality rate IMP
Source Sources LR1795: Lloyd's Register of Shipping, 1764, 1768, 1776, 1778-84, 1786-1787, 1789-1808 (all published in London).
BT98/56,107:

BNA (Kew, London)

, Board of Trade

T70/1570:

British National Archives (Kew)


T70/1571:

British National Archives (Kew)


T70/1574:

British National Archives (Kew)


T64/286,41:

British National Archives (Kew, UK) Treasury


LList, 12 May 1795:

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


LList, 30 Oct 1795:

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


LList, 8 Dec 1795:

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


Williams,331-32: Williams, Gomer, History of the Liverpool Privateers and Letters of Marque with an Account of the Liverpool Slave Trade (London, 1897).
MMM, C/EX/L/5/2,1792.071: Merseyside Maritime Museum, Liverpool Registers of Merchant Ships, Subsidiary Register Books