Ship, nation, owners Voyage identification number 81249
Voyage in 1999 CD-ROM Yes
Vessel name Elliott
Flag Great Britain
Flag IMP Great Britain
Place constructed Liverpool
Year constructed 1783
Place registered Liverpool
Year registered 1786
Rig Ship
Tonnage 334
Standardized tonnage IMP 334
Guns mounted
Vessel owners Tuohy, David
Clemison, John
Butler, Christopher
Ingram, Francis
Parke, Thomas
Heywood, Benjamin A
Denison, 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 Whydah, Ouidah
Second place of slave purchase Lagos, Onim
Third place of slave purchase Bight of Benin, place unspecified
Principal place of slave purchase IMP Bight of Benin, place unspecified
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 Bight of Benin
Second region of slave purchase Bight of Benin
Third region of slave purchase Bight of Benin
Principal region of slave purchase IMP Bight of Benin
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 1788
Date voyage began 1786-09-20
Date trade began in Africa
Date vessel departed Africa
Date vessel arrived with slaves 1788-01-18
Date vessel departed for homeport 1788-04-15
Date voyage completed 1788-06-25
Voyage length, homeport to slaves landing (days) IMP 485
Middle passage (days) IMP 42
Captain and Crew Captain's name Reid, John
Smith, William
Mathias, James
Crew at voyage outset 59
Crew at first landing of slaves
Crew deaths during voyage 30
Slave (numbers) Number of slaves intended at first place of purchase 850
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 568
Number of slaves arriving at first place of landing 520
Number of slaves disembarked at first place of landing 373
Number of slaves disembarked at second place of landing
Number of slaves disembarked at third place of landing
Total slaves disembarked IMP 520
Slave (characteristics) Percentage men IMP
Percentage women IMP
Percentage boys IMP
Percentage girls IMP
Percentage male IMP 60.9%
Percentage children IMP 11.3%
Sterling cash price in Jamaica IMP
Slave deaths during middle passage IMP
Mortality rate IMP
Source Sources LR1787: Lloyd's Register of Shipping, 1764, 1768, 1776, 1778-84, 1786-1787, 1789-1808 (all published in London).
BT98/48,224:

BNA (Kew, London)

, Board of Trade

LivRO,942HOL(10),474,478: Liverpool Record Office (Liverpool, UK) 942 HOL, Materials towards a History of Liverpool collected by John Holt and Matthew Gregson, vol. 10
T70/1554:

Treasury, National Archives (Kew) Royal African Company Accounts


T70/1555:

Treasury, National Archives (Kew) Royal African Company Accounts


CO142/20:

Colonial Office, National Archives (UK)


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


Lambert,69,III,Appendix,Jamaica: Lambert, Sheila (ed.), House of Commons Sessional Papers of the Eighteenth Century, 145 vols. (Wilmington, DE, 1975).
cc, 26 Jan 1788: Cornwall Chronicle (Montego Bay)
craig,9: Craig, Robert and Rupert Jarvis, Liverpool Registry of Merchant Ships (Manchester, 1967).
LList, 25 Mar 1788:

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


LList, 27 June 1788:

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