Ship, nation, owners Voyage identification number 81178
Voyage in 1999 CD-ROM Yes
Vessel name Eliza
Flag Great Britain
Flag IMP Great Britain
Place constructed Non-British
Year constructed
Place registered
Year registered
Rig Ship
Tonnage 231
Standardized tonnage IMP 231
Guns mounted
Vessel owners Gregson, John
Case, George
Aspinall, John Bridge
Gregson, James
Aspinall, James
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 Loango
Second place of slave purchase
Third place of slave purchase
Principal place of slave purchase IMP Loango
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 Liverpool
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 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 1795
Date voyage began 1794-06-22
Date trade began in Africa
Date vessel departed Africa
Date vessel arrived with slaves 1795-01-11
Date vessel departed for homeport 1795-02-22
Date voyage completed 1795-04-17
Voyage length, homeport to slaves landing (days) IMP 203
Middle passage (days) IMP
Captain and Crew Captain's name Tobin, John
Kewish, Philip
Crew at voyage outset 23
Crew at first landing of slaves
Crew deaths during voyage 1
Slave (numbers) Number of slaves intended at first place of purchase 365
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 372
Number of slaves arriving at first place of landing 366
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 366
Slave (characteristics) Percentage men IMP 51.6%
Percentage women IMP 40.7%
Percentage boys IMP 4.6%
Percentage girls IMP 3.0%
Percentage male IMP 56.3%
Percentage children IMP 7.6%
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).
BT98/55, 15 June 179:

BNA (Kew, London)

, Board of Trade

CO140/89,368:

Colonial Office BNA (Kew)


T70/1574:

British National Archives (Kew)


PP,1795-6(849),XLII:

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


T64/286,39:

British National Archives (Kew, UK) Treasury


kg, 10-17 Jan 1795: Royal Gazette (Kingston)
LList, 17 Feb 1795:

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


LList, 6 Mar 1795:

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


MMM, C/EX/L/5/2,1793.091: Merseyside Maritime Museum, Liverpool Registers of Merchant Ships, Subsidiary Register Books