Ship, nation, owners Voyage identification number 81238
Voyage in 1999 CD-ROM Yes
Vessel name Ellen
Flag Great Britain
Flag IMP Great Britain
Place constructed Liverpool
Year constructed 1788
Place registered Liverpool
Year registered 1788
Rig Schooner
Tonnage 89
Standardized tonnage IMP 89
Guns mounted
Vessel owners Kewley, John
Kewley, Patrick
Voyage Outcome Particular outcome of voyage Returned direct to Africa after bringing slaves to the Americas
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 Cameroons
Second place of slave purchase
Third place of slave purchase
Principal place of slave purchase IMP Cameroons
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 Africa, port unspecified
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 Other Africa
Voyage Dates Year arrived with slaves IMP 1788
Date voyage began 1788-07-26
Date trade began in Africa
Date vessel departed Africa
Date vessel arrived with slaves 1788-12-??
Date vessel departed for homeport
Date voyage completed
Voyage length, homeport to slaves landing (days) IMP
Middle passage (days) IMP
Captain and Crew Captain's name Foulkes, John
Crew at voyage outset 17
Crew at first landing of slaves
Crew deaths during voyage 2
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 113
Number of slaves arriving at first place of landing
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 105
Slave (characteristics) Percentage men IMP 55.4%
Percentage women IMP 23.1%
Percentage boys IMP 10.8%
Percentage girls IMP 10.8%
Percentage male IMP 66.2%
Percentage children IMP 21.5%
Sterling cash price in Jamaica IMP
Slave deaths during middle passage IMP
Mortality rate IMP
Source Sources LR1789: Lloyd's Register of Shipping, 1764, 1768, 1776, 1778-84, 1786-1787, 1789-1808 (all published in London).
BT98/50,155:

BNA (Kew, London)

, Board of Trade

PP,1789(631),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


craig,132: Craig, Robert and Rupert Jarvis, Liverpool Registry of Merchant Ships (Manchester, 1967).
LList, 23 Jan 1789:

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


LList, 3 Feb 1789:

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