Ship, nation, owners Voyage identification number 81154
Voyage in 1999 CD-ROM Yes
Vessel name Eliza
Flag Great Britain
Flag IMP Great Britain
Place constructed Non-British
Year constructed 1780
Place registered Liverpool
Year registered 1783
Rig Brig
Tonnage 100
Standardized tonnage IMP 182
Guns mounted
Vessel owners Hodgson, John
Hodgson, Thomas (Jr)
Capstick, Isaac
Capstick, Richard
Neilson, William
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 Windward Coast (Nunez - Assini)
Second place of slave purchase Bance/Bunce Island
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 Dominica, place unspecified
Second place of slave landing
Third place of slave landing
Principal place of slave landing IMP Dominica, place unspecified
Place where voyage ended Liverpool
Region where voyage began IMP England and Wales
First region of slave purchase Other Africa
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 Dominica
Second region of slave landing
Third region of slave landing
Principal region of slave landing IMP Dominica
Region where voyage ended England and Wales
Voyage Dates Year arrived with slaves IMP 1784
Date voyage began 1783-06-15
Date trade began in Africa
Date vessel departed Africa
Date vessel arrived with slaves 1784-07-14
Date vessel departed for homeport 1784-08-11
Date voyage completed 1784-09-20
Voyage length, homeport to slaves landing (days) IMP 395
Middle passage (days) IMP
Captain and Crew Captain's name Forsyth, John
Crew at voyage outset 38
Crew at first landing of slaves
Crew deaths during voyage 7
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 323
Number of slaves arriving at first place of landing 300
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 300
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 LR1784: Lloyd's Register of Shipping, 1764, 1768, 1776, 1778-84, 1786-1787, 1789-1808 (all published in London).
BT98/44,248:

BNA (Kew, London)

, Board of Trade

T70/1549:

Treasury, National Archives (Kew) Royal African Company Accounts


CO76/4:

Colonial Office, National Archives (UK)


LST,1744-1786: Richardson, David, Katherine Beedham, and M. M. Schofield, Liverpool Shipping and Trade, 1744-1786 (ESRC Archives, University of Essex, 1992).
LList, 11 May 1784:

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


LList, 23 July 1784:

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


LList, 24 Aug 1784:

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


LList, 24 Sept 1784:

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