Ship, nation, owners Voyage identification number 81466
Voyage in 1999 CD-ROM Yes
Vessel name Fly
Flag Great Britain
Flag IMP Great Britain
Place constructed St. Kitts, port unspecified
Year constructed 1784
Place registered Liverpool
Year registered 1789
Rig Cutter
Tonnage 93
Standardized tonnage IMP 93
Guns mounted
Vessel owners Hodgson, John
Hodgson, Thomas
Hartley, Samuel
Capstick, Richard
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 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 Dominica, place unspecified
Second place of slave landing
Third place of slave landing
Principal place of slave landing IMP Dominica, place unspecified
Place where voyage ended Africa, port unspecified
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 Dominica
Second region of slave landing
Third region of slave landing
Principal region of slave landing IMP Dominica
Region where voyage ended Other Africa
Voyage Dates Year arrived with slaves IMP 1790
Date voyage began 1789-05-07
Date trade began in Africa
Date vessel departed Africa
Date vessel arrived with slaves 1790-02-26
Date vessel departed for homeport 1790-03-22
Date voyage completed
Voyage length, homeport to slaves landing (days) IMP 295
Middle passage (days) IMP
Captain and Crew Captain's name Edson, John
Crew at voyage outset 16
Crew at first landing of slaves
Crew deaths during voyage 2
Slave (numbers) Number of slaves intended at first place of purchase 155
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 184
Number of slaves arriving at first place of landing 154
Number of slaves disembarked at first place of landing 154
Number of slaves disembarked at second place of landing
Number of slaves disembarked at third place of landing
Total slaves disembarked IMP 154
Slave (characteristics) Percentage men IMP 59.7%
Percentage women IMP 26.6%
Percentage boys IMP 7.1%
Percentage girls IMP 6.5%
Percentage male IMP 66.9%
Percentage children IMP 13.6%
Sterling cash price in Jamaica IMP 51.58
Slave deaths during middle passage IMP
Mortality rate IMP
Source Sources LR1790: Lloyd's Register of Shipping, 1764, 1768, 1776, 1778-84, 1786-1787, 1789-1808 (all published in London).
BT98/50,288:

BNA (Kew, London)

, Board of Trade

CO76/4:

Colonial Office BNA (Kew)


PP,1792(768),XXXV:

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,1792(766-7),XXXV:

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


T64/286,18:

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
craig,54: Craig, Robert and Rupert Jarvis, Liverpool Registry of Merchant Ships (Manchester, 1967).
LList, 4 May 1790:

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


Bostock: Liverpool Record Office (Liverpool, UK) 387 MD 54-55, Letterbooks of Robert Bostock