Ship, nation, owners Voyage identification number 81409
Voyage in 1999 CD-ROM Yes
Vessel name Fanny
Flag Great Britain
Flag IMP Great Britain
Place constructed Bermuda
Year constructed 1780
Place registered Liverpool
Year registered 1787
Rig Ship
Tonnage 100
Standardized tonnage IMP 100
Guns mounted
Vessel owners Tarleton, John
Backhouse, Daniel
Tarleton, Clayton
Tarleton, 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 Iles de Los
Second place of slave purchase
Third place of slave purchase
Principal place of slave purchase IMP Iles de Los
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 Liverpool
Region where voyage began IMP England and Wales
First region of slave purchase Sierra Leone
Second region of slave purchase
Third region of slave purchase
Principal region of slave purchase IMP Sierra Leone
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 England and Wales
Voyage Dates Year arrived with slaves IMP 1788
Date voyage began 1787-10-03
Date trade began in Africa
Date vessel departed Africa 1788-02-20
Date vessel arrived with slaves 1788-03-26
Date vessel departed for homeport
Date voyage completed 1788-05-20
Voyage length, homeport to slaves landing (days) IMP 175
Middle passage (days) IMP 35
Captain and Crew Captain's name Webster, Charles
Crew at voyage outset 21
Crew at first landing of slaves
Crew deaths during voyage 3
Slave (numbers) Number of slaves intended at first place of purchase 250
Slaves carried from first port of purchase
Slaves carried from second port of purchase
Slaves carried from third port of purchase
Total slaves embarked 240
Total slaves embarked IMP 240
Number of slaves arriving at first place of landing 250
Number of slaves disembarked at first place of landing 250
Number of slaves disembarked at second place of landing
Number of slaves disembarked at third place of landing
Total slaves disembarked IMP 235
Slave (characteristics) Percentage men IMP 43.2%
Percentage women IMP 20.0%
Percentage boys IMP 20.0%
Percentage girls IMP 16.8%
Percentage male IMP 63.2%
Percentage children IMP 36.8%
Sterling cash price in Jamaica IMP
Slave deaths during middle passage IMP 5
Mortality rate IMP 2.0%
Source Sources LR1789: Lloyd's Register of Shipping, 1764, 1768, 1776, 1778-84, 1786-1787, 1789-1808 (all published in London).
BT98/48,158:

BNA (Kew, London)

, Board of Trade

Add.mss,38416,ff.1-2:

British Library, Additional Manuscripts (London, UK)


CO106/2:

Colonial Office BNA (Kew)


CO106/3,1:

Colonial Office BNA (Kew)


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


PP,1789(629),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,68,46-58: Lambert, Sheila (ed.), House of Commons Sessional Papers of the Eighteenth Century, 145 vols. (Wilmington, DE, 1975).
LList, 16 May 1788:

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


LList, 23 May 1788:

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