Ship, nation, owners Voyage identification number 81295
Voyage in 1999 CD-ROM Yes
Vessel name Enterprize
Flag Great Britain
Flag IMP Great Britain
Place constructed Liverpool
Year constructed 1790
Place registered
Year registered
Rig Ship
Tonnage 229
Standardized tonnage IMP 229
Guns mounted
Vessel owners Leyland, Thomas
Molyneux, Thomas
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 Congo River
Second place of slave purchase
Third place of slave purchase
Principal place of slave purchase IMP Congo River
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 1794
Date voyage began 1794-05-05
Date trade began in Africa 1794-08-10
Date vessel departed Africa
Date vessel arrived with slaves 1794-11-25
Date vessel departed for homeport 1795-02-05
Date voyage completed 1795-03-29
Voyage length, homeport to slaves landing (days) IMP 204
Middle passage (days) IMP 38
Captain and Crew Captain's name Young, William
Crew at voyage outset 33
Crew at first landing of slaves
Crew deaths during voyage 7
Slave (numbers) Number of slaves intended at first place of purchase 363
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 394
Number of slaves arriving at first place of landing 360
Number of slaves disembarked at first place of landing 377
Number of slaves disembarked at second place of landing
Number of slaves disembarked at third place of landing
Total slaves disembarked IMP 360
Slave (characteristics) Percentage men IMP 51.3%
Percentage women IMP 20.6%
Percentage boys IMP 19.1%
Percentage girls IMP 9.0%
Percentage male IMP 70.4%
Percentage children IMP 28.2%
Sterling cash price in Jamaica IMP
Slave deaths during middle passage IMP
Mortality rate IMP
Source Sources MMM, DX/1732:

Merseyside Maritime Museum (Liverpool, UK) DX/1732 Account book of the slave ship Enterprize


LList, 31 Mar 1795:

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


BT98/55, 28 May 1795:

BNA (Kew, London)

, Board of Trade

LList, 2 Dec 1794:

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


LR1795: Lloyd's Register of Shipping, 1764, 1768, 1776, 1778-84, 1786-1787, 1789-1808 (all published in London).
MMM,DX/170: Merseyside Maritime Museum (Liverpool, UK) DX/170, Correspondence relating to the slaver Kitty’s Amelia, 1804-1806
Williams,331: Williams, Gomer, History of the Liverpool Privateers and Letters of Marque with an Account of the Liverpool Slave Trade (London, 1897).
LList, 17 Feb 1795:

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


CO140/89,368:

Colonial Office, National Archives (UK)


MMM, C/EX/L/5/2,1791.020: Merseyside Maritime Museum, Liverpool Registers of Merchant Ships, Subsidiary Register Books
T64/286,37:

British National Archives (Kew, UK) Treasury