Ship, nation, owners Voyage identification number 81261
Voyage in 1999 CD-ROM Yes
Vessel name Ellis
Flag Great Britain
Flag IMP Great Britain
Place constructed Non-British
Year constructed 1781
Place registered
Year registered
Rig Ship
Tonnage 347
Standardized tonnage IMP 347
Guns mounted
Vessel owners Bent, Robert
Benson, Moses
Bent, Ellis
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 Bonny
Second place of slave purchase
Third place of slave purchase
Principal place of slave purchase IMP Bonny
Places of call before Atlantic crossing
First place of slave landing Montego Bay
Second place of slave landing
Third place of slave landing
Principal place of slave landing IMP Montego Bay
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 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 1792
Date voyage began 1792-05-09
Date trade began in Africa 1792-07-06
Date vessel departed Africa 1792-10-20
Date vessel arrived with slaves 1792-12-24
Date vessel departed for homeport 1793-01-24
Date voyage completed 1793-03-04
Voyage length, homeport to slaves landing (days) IMP 229
Middle passage (days) IMP 65
Captain and Crew Captain's name Heart, Thomas
Crew at voyage outset 30
Crew at first landing of slaves
Crew deaths during voyage 3
Slave (numbers) Number of slaves intended at first place of purchase 481
Slaves carried from first port of purchase
Slaves carried from second port of purchase
Slaves carried from third port of purchase
Total slaves embarked 464
Total slaves embarked IMP 464
Number of slaves arriving at first place of landing 455
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 455
Slave (characteristics) Percentage men IMP 40.2%
Percentage women IMP 44.8%
Percentage boys IMP 6.4%
Percentage girls IMP 8.6%
Percentage male IMP 46.6%
Percentage children IMP 14.9%
Sterling cash price in Jamaica IMP
Slave deaths during middle passage IMP 9
Mortality rate IMP 2.0%
Source Sources LR1792: Lloyd's Register of Shipping, 1764, 1768, 1776, 1778-84, 1786-1787, 1789-1808 (all published in London).
BT98/53,163:

BNA (Kew, London)

, Board of Trade

CO140/89,380:

Colonial Office, National Archives (UK)


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


T64/286,31:

British National Archives (Kew, UK) Treasury


HLRO,MP,HL,94.03.22: House of Lords Record Office (London, UK) Main Papers, House of Lords, 1794-1800
HLRO,MP,HL,99.06.14: House of Lords Record Office (London, UK) Main Papers, House of Lords, 1794-1800
HLRO,MP,HL,99.06.28,no.25: House of Lords Record Office (London, UK) Main Papers, House of Lords, 1794-1800
HLRO,MP,HL,99.06.25: House of Lords Record Office (London, UK) Main Papers, House of Lords, 1794-1800
HLRO,MP,HL,1800.07.28: House of Lords Record Office (London, UK) Main Papers, House of Lords, 1794-1800
kg, 22-29 Dec 1792: Royal Gazette (Kingston)
LList, 5 Feb 1793:

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


LList, 8 Mar 1793:

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