| Ship, nation, owners | Voyage identification number | 81142 |
| Voyage in 1999 CD-ROM | Yes | |
| Vessel name | Edwards | |
| Flag | Great Britain | |
| Flag IMP | Great Britain | |
| Place constructed | USA, location unspecified | |
| Year constructed | 1774 | |
| Place registered | Liverpool | |
| Year registered | 1784 | |
| Rig | Brig | |
| Tonnage | 100 | |
| Standardized tonnage IMP | 182 | |
| Guns mounted | ||
| Vessel owners | Bourne, Cornelius Mason, Edward Wicksted, Richard Hodgson, Thomas Johnston, George Burrows, John |
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| 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 | Liverpool |
| First place of slave purchase | Calabar | |
| Second place of slave purchase | ||
| Third place of slave purchase | ||
| Principal place of slave purchase IMP | Calabar | |
| Places of call before Atlantic crossing | ||
| First place of slave landing | Grenada, place unspecified | |
| Second place of slave landing | ||
| Third place of slave landing | ||
| Principal place of slave landing IMP | Grenada, place unspecified | |
| Place where voyage ended | Liverpool | |
| Region where voyage began IMP | England and Wales | |
| First region of slave purchase | Bight of Biafra and Gulf of Guinea islands | |
| Second region of slave purchase | ||
| Third region of slave purchase | ||
| Principal region of slave purchase IMP | Bight of Biafra and Gulf of Guinea islands | |
| First region of slave landing | Grenada | |
| Second region of slave landing | ||
| Third region of slave landing | ||
| Principal region of slave landing IMP | Grenada | |
| Region where voyage ended | England and Wales | |
| Voyage Dates | Year arrived with slaves IMP | 1785 |
| Date voyage began | 1784-10-20 | |
| Date trade began in Africa | ||
| Date vessel departed Africa | ||
| Date vessel arrived with slaves | 1785-04-12 | |
| Date vessel departed for homeport | 1785-06-26 | |
| Date voyage completed | 1785-08-16 | |
| Voyage length, homeport to slaves landing (days) IMP | 174 | |
| Middle passage (days) IMP | ||
| Captain and Crew | Captain's name | Ford, John |
| Crew at voyage outset | 30 | |
| Crew at first landing of slaves | ||
| Crew deaths during voyage | 1 | |
| 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 | 377 | |
| Number of slaves arriving at first place of landing | 350 | |
| Number of slaves disembarked at first place of landing | 327 | |
| Number of slaves disembarked at second place of landing | ||
| Number of slaves disembarked at third place of landing | ||
| Total slaves disembarked IMP | 350 | |
| Slave (characteristics) | Percentage men IMP | 38.8% |
| Percentage women IMP | 38.2% | |
| Percentage boys IMP | 11.6% | |
| Percentage girls IMP | 11.3% | |
| Percentage male IMP | 50.5% | |
| Percentage children IMP | 22.9% | |
| Sterling cash price in Jamaica IMP | ||
| Slave deaths during middle passage IMP | ||
| Mortality rate IMP | ||
| Source | Sources | LR1786: Lloyd's Register of Shipping, 1764, 1768, 1776, 1778-84, 1786-1787, 1789-1808 (all published in London).
BT98/45,241: BNA (Kew, London) , Board of TradeLivRO,942HOL(10),477: Liverpool Record Office (Liverpool, UK) 942 HOL, Materials towards a History of Liverpool collected by John Holt and Matthew Gregson, vol. 10 CO106/3,1: Colonial Office BNA (Kew) CO106/4: Colonial Office BNA (Kew) PP,1789(629),XXIV: 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 LST,1744-1786: Richardson, David, Katherine Beedham, and M. M. Schofield, Liverpool Shipping and Trade, 1744-1786 (ESRC Archives, University of Essex, 1992). LList, 27 May 1785: New Lloyd's List (later, Lloyd's List), (London, England) LList, 19 Aug 1785: New Lloyd's List (later, Lloyd's List), (London, England) |